Inklings

Category: Easter

  • Easter Leftovers

    With the Easter holiday over, our household has been “suffering” the elimination of the sugary leftovers. For the kids this doesn’t pose much of a challenge, but I’ve never been much of an Easter candy connoisseur. My faves tend to be pretty run-of-the-mill standards that you can get anytime during the year. So, go ahead and keep the jelly beans, chocolate bunnies and marshmallow eggs and give me the kisses and peanut M&Ms. I won’t be much help if you’re looking to unload Cadbury Creme Eggs or Peeps (my wife could survive on these alone) but if you have any milk chocolate in the form of Peanut Butter Cups or Snickers bars, I can possibly help you out.

  • Happy Easter

    Wishing everyone a happy and blessed Easter!

  • Egg Hunt

    What would Easter be without a good old-fashioned egg hunt? It’s odd, but I can remember more egg hunts that took place indoors. The combination of Easter fluctuating between the months of March and April and the often splendid Midwestern weather it’s really no mystery.

    We plan to do an egg hunt this year at my sister’s in Minnesota, so hopefully the weather will cooperate. With four grandkids, there will be plenty of eggs to find. I have to admit – any snow would make them easier to hide.

  • Good Friday

    Some Christians also refer to this day as Black Friday or Holy Friday. Not to diminish the importance or significance of Christmas, but all of Christianity hinges on Easter. It is through the death and resurrection of Jesus that all of mankind is saved. His birth and horrific death were prophesied by the most ancient of Jewish scripture and it is written that at the moment Christ died the earth grew dark. When did all of this occur? Would you believe April 3, 33AD? Is that exact date recorded in scripture or history anywhere? No. April 2, 2010

  • Easter Bunny

    It’s interesting how varied the Easter Bunny tradition is in families. As a kid growing up I found it much easier to believe in Santa Claus. After all, Santa wasn’t a buck-toothed, long-eared lagomorph that hopped into your house to deliver Easter baskets while you were sleeping. I mean, come on! An over-sized rabbit delivering candy? Really? That simply didn’t seem believable. Now, flying reindeer – that was different.

    I also never quite understood why the Easter Bunny pretended to be Santa Claus with other families. As far as I knew, there was no behavior prerequisite that the Easter Bunny followed when determining the size of his offerings, so it didn’t make sense why some kids got bikes and stereos. The Easter Bunny I knew only delivered candy in plastic eggs, and if there were any gifts they were sure to fit in that modestly-sized basket covered with plenty of that extra special, plastic grass. Strange. Maybe we were supposed to write letters to the Easter Bunny.