[jimjamuser]

Originally Posted by OrangeBlossomBaby

Hey don't forget about the evergreen tree on Christmas, which is a pagan symbol representing life that continues even through the dark of the Winter Solstice - a pagan holiday (since it's pretty much confirmed that IF jesus existed, he wouldn't have been born December 25, or even close to it. He was born in the spring - which - according to people who actually study this stuff, would've put him as being born in early April. But it's much more prudent for christians to obscure paganism by stealing their culture, religion, rituals, and traditions, and re-invent them as their own. And so - just like they did with the spring rite of fertility/rebirth and Easter, they took the winter solstice and made up christmas.

Comparative religion is fun.

But........Easter is STILL about FERTILITY because the Easter bunny is a bunny after all. And everyone knows how fertile bunnies are