I'm guessing the Easter Bunny took a break from hopping around to hide his eggs in order to roll the boulder away from the tomb.

But what is the connection between eggs and Jesus?

My mind goes to a particularly irreverent scene from Lamb.

Aurelia--I think I got from twitter that you are working with the awesome Tracy Letts? Tell him Robin Fogelson says hi.

I'm guessing the Easter Bunny took a break from hopping around to hide his eggs in order to roll the boulder away from the tomb.

The boulder looked like a really big (albeit crapppily decorated) egg, so he was just trying to hide it.

I'm guessing the Easter Bunny took a break from hopping around to hide his eggs in order to roll the boulder away from the tomb.

The youth minister was telling the story during Children's Chat this morning, and she really managed to make it sound like a horror movie with a zombie payoff. I wish I could have seen some of the littler kids' faces.

"And do you know what happened next? JESUS WASN'T THERE. HE HAD RISEN FROM THE DEAD..."

But what is the connection between eggs and Jesus?

No greater than the connection between Christmas trees and Jesus, which is early Christianity syncretized with pre-existing pagan rituals. ::shrugs::

Or, more bluntly, it's a traditional cultural association, not a religious one. But some people are overthinking the question. Or possibly underthinking it.

Speaking of religion, I went to Easter Vigil last night, which had its moments of pleasure, particularly the procession of the congregation into the dark church with candles in our hands. OTOH, it was over two hours long, and we had several Old Testament readings that reminded me of how God can be kind of a bastard sometimes (Abraham and Isaac, and the way all the Egyptian soldiers and horses get killed at the Red Sea).

And then because my sister and I are not as religious as we could be, we went out for drinks. I had something called an Old Cuban, with rum, lime, and prosecco: very tasty.

There is none. The eggs are PAGAN, oh noes!

Eggs are a sign of fertility, as are rabbits, and they became intertwined with Easter, which is close to May Day or Beltane on May 1st. It's a holiday focusing on fertility, regeneration of the earth (and May Poles (big phallic symbol), flower gathering and generally celebration focusing on fertility and rebirth, and hence SEXXORING, ZOMG!). The church officials tried to link pagan festivities to Christian holidays.

That's pretty much why Christ's bday (Xmas) was set for 12/25, because it corresponded neatly with winter solstice (12/21, generally) (aka Yule, hence Yule logs and Christmas trees), not because anyone had any freakin' idea when Christ's bday actually was.

(ETA: Of course, X-post with Consuela)

ION, does anyone have experience with phlox? I want those gorgeous cascades and large bunches of phlox I'm seeing in gardens, but the little plastic thingies say plant then 6" from each other. Can I plant them a little closer to get that blanket of flowers effect I want? Or do I stick with the 6" things (heh, heh, heh, six inches thing...) and they will spread out naturally? (Xpost with Bitches)

But... eggs aren't spheres...

But what is the connection between eggs and Jesus?

Exactly. For me it's just a day of peace in the grocery stores since so many people are at church. I don't know what these people were thinking. It's made for a fun morning with DH, though.

I like my spheres plastic and filled with chocolate.

does anyone have experience with phlox?

There's phlox in my raised-bed garden. The person who lived here before me planted it, not me. It seems to spread pretty quickly. If the directions say plant them 6" apart, I'd go with that. The root systems of the individual plants may need that much "territory". I'm planning to move mine to the steep slope at the side, to stop erosion, and get it out of the raised bed before it takes over.