Easter

Easter... that wonderous time when chocolate falls from the skies.

I like my Easter, it has very little to do with any religious observances and those it has are pagan. I remember the stories I was told when I was little, that on Easter Sunday the bells in the sky rang and chocolate eggs fell from them to the ground, hence our yearly easter egg hunt. I always liked that story, and I still like the holiday today, even though I know the chocolate comes from no more mystical source than my local corner shop. Unlike shadowvalkyrieI actually like spring, it must be my Spanish blood (1/8th, to be exact), and a holiday celebrating the coming of my favourite season is always fun. If it has chocolate and bank holidays in the offering, it's even better. I tend to enjoy the spirit of the holidays rather than the dogma behind it. If I can enjoy the holiday completely removed from it's religious connetations, the happier I am (the one exception might be Hallowene, but that's because Satanists and Pagans tend to be interesting people to spend time around).

This holiday was pretty much exactly how I like my holiday. Unfortunately, my job doesn't observe bank holidays, so I still have to work :( But other than that, these past few days have pretty much been a celebration of spring, from the lovely warm weather, to the longer days, to the little ducklings we pass on the canal (and yes, I squeed, I love the little fluffy things). I also didn't even think of the religious connetations until I picked up my TV guide to see that they were showing 'The Passion of the Christ' in time to coincide with the holiday. It's rather typical of them to twist a celebration of life and spring and chocolate into the celebration of some poor bugger being tortured to death, but that's Christianity for you.

Not really trying to say anything here, only that it's rather fitting that since the holiday paralleling this one (Hallowene) appeals to one side of my personality, this one appeals to the nice part of me, the hippy-dippy side that loves pretty sunny days and chocolate and baby ducks and happy endings.

However, I am capable still writing Alvorecer, be warned.

Easter

Easter... that wonderous time when chocolate falls from the skies.

I like my Easter, it has very little to do with any religious observances and those it has are pagan. I remember the stories I was told when I was little, that on Easter Sunday the bells in the sky rang and chocolate eggs fell from them to the ground, hence our yearly easter egg hunt. I always liked that story, and I still like the holiday today, even though I know the chocolate comes from no more mystical source than my local corner shop. Unlike shadowvalkyrieI actually like spring, it must be my Spanish blood (1/8th, to be exact), and a holiday celebrating the coming of my favourite season is always fun. If it has chocolate and bank holidays in the offering, it's even better. I tend to enjoy the spirit of the holidays rather than the dogma behind it. If I can enjoy the holiday completely removed from it's religious connetations, the happier I am (the one exception might be Hallowene, but that's because Satanists and Pagans tend to be interesting people to spend time around).

This holiday was pretty much exactly how I like my holiday. Unfortunately, my job doesn't observe bank holidays, so I still have to work :( But other than that, these past few days have pretty much been a celebration of spring, from the lovely warm weather, to the longer days, to the little ducklings we pass on the canal (and yes, I squeed, I love the little fluffy things). I also didn't even think of the religious connetations until I picked up my TV guide to see that they were showing 'The Passion of the Christ' in time to coincide with the holiday. It's rather typical of them to twist a celebration of life and spring and chocolate into the celebration of some poor bugger being tortured to death, but that's Christianity for you.

Not really trying to say anything here, only that it's rather fitting that since the holiday paralleling this one (Hallowene) appeals to one side of my personality, this one appeals to the nice part of me, the hippy-dippy side that loves pretty sunny days and chocolate and baby ducks and happy endings.

However, I am capable still writing Alvorecer, be warned.