Easter

So Easter is coming up and I got thinking what it is all about. It appears there are two main 'themes' with Easter. The first being it symbolising the time when Jesus died and rose again to save us, the second being to do with eating chocolate eggs and bunnies!

I am quite disturbed that Easter has become so commercialised. Creme Eggs were on sale pretty much straight after Christmas! Which basically means that you can eat chocolate and cake all through Christmas and then without even a chance to work it off it's time to stock up on chocolate again - in the form of hollow eggs though! My Dad came shopping with me for Easter eggs the other day. He was surprised at how available the hollow bunnies are nowadays. Even I remember as a kid there was only one type of Easter Bunny...now they come in every shape and size - one bigger than a baby! Is it just bigger equals better?

It appears that Easter has become nothing more than a few days off, filling your tummy with chocolate and if you love Jazz, the festival in Tauranga is always a great option.

It still makes me wonder...what is Easter really all about and what does it mean to me? What really is the point, and who's pocket are we lining with all that egg money?