The Easter Bunny is a fascinatingly crafted creature. Hand it to a capitalist nation to invent a character that lays eggs despite its mammalian descent. Hand it to a capitalist nation to require that every child under 10 participate in a comical search for said creature's eggs. What effect has the Easter Bunny had on our society?
Sales.
But really. Besides Halloween and Christmas, Easter is one of the largest holidays for candy sales. Believe it or not, it also happens to be the most popular season for plastic egg sales! Shocking. The Easter Bunny, in reality, is a nonsensical creation that causes us to buy products and attend activities we would never think of otherwise.
Unfortunately I must report that the Easter Bunny is merely an indication of a worse problem. The Easter Bunny is our society's flashy way of avoiding the real reason for the season. A holiday originally based on one of the single most important events in Christian history, Easter has now become a holiday filled to the brim with candy and hard-boiled eggs. Like Christmas, Easter has been claimed by commercialism, and THAT is our real problem.
But yeah I'm still going to have an Easter egg hunt with my kids. However, I hid the eggs, not the Easter Bunny.
Bravo, sir. Bravo.
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