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Sunday Funnies - Easter Edition

Easter Will Never Be The Same

Happy Easter!

When one breeds an angora rabbit with an Easter Bunny is that a cross hair? Good Idea: Finding Easter eggs on Easter. Bad Idea: Finding Easter eggs on Xmas. Altzheimer's Advantage #2 : You can hide your own Easter eggs. Q. What do Easter Bunny helpers get for making a basket? A. Two points, just like anyone else. Q. What's invisible and smells like carrots? A. The Ether Bunny What Is Easter? Three stupid guys just died and are at the pearly gates of heaven. St. Peter tells them that they can enter the gates if they can answer one simple question. St. Peter asks the first man, "WHAT IS EASTER?" The man replies, "Oh, that's easy, it's the holiday in November when everybody gets together, eats turkey, and is thankful..." "WRONG," replies St. Peter, and proceeds to ask the second man the same question, "WHAT IS EASTER?" The second man replies, "No, Easter is the holiday in December when we put up a nice tree, exchange presents,

How The Meaning Of Easter Has Changed Over the Years

Well the weather's warming up and Easter is almost upon us. You know, when you think about it, the meaning of Easter has changed significantly over the years. Easter, and the days leading up to it, not unlike Christmas, started out as a religious observance. Some folks still hold fervently to the religious aspects associated with Easter. But at some point the focus shifted from someone who rose from the dead to a rabbit carrying eggs. Yeah, the Easter Bunny grew in popularity matched only by Santa Claus. Now imagine how Jesus Christ must feel when the occasion of his birth is eclipsed by a fat bearded guy in a red suit and the occasion of his death is better known for some giant rabbit leaving confections to rot kids' teeth. Other emerging traditions associated with Easter include painting eggs... And the ever-popular easter egg hunt... Boy oh boy, the meaning of easter has sure changed down through the ages... But it's nice to see some people are returning to the religi