A New Spring Thing

Since I’ve had kids, I’ve been trying to make Easter more about Christ’s resurrection than the Easter Bunny. But in today’s materialistic society where retailers want to make money, it hasn’t been easy. Though we’ve technically never told our children the Easter Bunny, baskets of goodies were waiting for them after church, eggs were hidden and then found over and over again, and of course who could resist the claymation video, The Easter Bunny is Coming to Town.

But this year we’re trying something different. It’s not that I’m apposed to bunnies, or egg hunts, it’s just that sometimes Jesus gets lost in the hype. So I was thrilled when I found a great way to separate the two and still have all the fun.

Instead of adding all the bunnies and egg hunts to our Easter festivities, we’ll be celebrating the first day of spring, this Wednesday the 21st, with baskets, bunnies and egg hunts. It will also be a great opportunity to learn about nature and the awakening of life after a long winter’s rest. There are so many great possibilities!

I haven’t ironed out all the details, so if you want more information you’ll have to hop over to my blog early next week.

I’m already excited about this new tradition, especially since my kids won’t be going to Easter morning service with dye on their fingers. 🙂 We already have some wonderful Easter traditions in place and now I won’t feel stressed to crame all the festivities in one weekend.  When Easter Sunday rolls around it’ll be all about Jesus. We’ll have our traditional Christian Seder, do our Resurrection eggs, and focus real meaning of the holiday. Christ’s resurrection!

How do you reconcile these two traditions? What are some of your favorite ways of keeping Christ in Easter?