'Easter' Bunny Gives Way To 'Spring' Bunny (Freep the Poll)

NBC Dallas Channel 5 ^ | 3/22/05 | NBC Dallas Channel 5 Local News

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Some Local Malls Go P.C. For Religious Holiday Customers at local area malls are being taken by surprised to find that the Easter Bunny they've come to know and love now has a new name.

Easter Bunny With Children In fact, some local malls now refer to the Easter icon as the "Spring Bunny."

However, some customers don't like the new trend.

"It makes me sad, because I think Easter is really important. The message is important," Plano mother Deidra Klemm said. "And I think it's wrong to call him the Spring Bunny. Let's just say what he really is."

Klemm is not alone. Another unidentified mother said, "The Easter Bunny is the Easter Bunny. There's no getting around it."

Some popular malls that have adopted the new trend include The Shops at Willow Bend

[MetalHeadConservative35]

the easter bunny aint got nothin to do with the religious part of easter and they wanna change it to "spring bunny"

like jesus said "this sunday you shall sit on a bunny in my name" /sarcasm

the libs are getting pretty bored to wanna do this

[HairOfTheDog]

For Religious Holiday Customers at local area malls are being taken by surprised to find that the Easter Bunny they've come to know and love now has a new name.

But religious people I know don't like the easter bunny.

[Sam the Sham]

But then again, what did bunnies ever have to do with Easter ?

[MplsSteve]

Done!

C'mon Freepers!

Let's really make this lop-sided.

[housewife101]

Just for information purposes.The name Easter (Ger. Ostern), like the names of the days of the week, is a survival from the old Teutonic mythology. According to Bede (De Temp. Rat. c. xv.) It is derived from Eostre, or Ostdra, the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called Eostur-monath, was dedicated.

[madprof98]

"It makes me sad, because I think Easter is really important. The message is important," . . .

But, hey, so what? Let's move on.

Unfortunately, that's what most of us think as we take these tiny steps away from our Christian heritage. Then something big hits--like the Schiavo case--that lets us know how far our country has gone in the direction of practical godlessness.

[506trooper]

Yes 139 9%
No 1340 91%

[KurtAZ]

Who cares what they name a secular bunny? Name it the "Mass Marketing For Candy and Frilly Clothes" Bunny for all I care.

[KurtAZ]

Oh that was "Pun"-ny :)

[stopem]

Oh here we go, first Christmas and now Easter.

[Modernman]

the easter bunny aint got nothin to do with the religious part of easter and they wanna change it to "spring bunny"

IIRC, the Easter Bunny is a leftover from the worship of some pagan goddess. Astarte, I think.

[Kate of Spice Island]

On a brighter note, the ACLU & lib's annual holiday is just five short days after Easter!

Freeped the poll...

[B Knotts]

Yes. But that only holds true in English and among some Germans.

Most languages use some variation of pascha, the Latin, Greek and Aramaic term for the Hebrew pesach (passover).

[Idisarthur]

"like jesus said "this sunday you shall sit on a bunny in my name" /sarcasm " lol.

This is just like that BC vs. BCE (Before the common era) controversy.

I think the truth will be revealed since people will question: Why BCE and why a spring bunny.

Next time you see a Groundhog, place kick him as far as you can.

[Doctor Raoul]

I suggest that at the stores offened by the Easter Bunny, you should use counterfiet bills for your purchase, ones that look like US currency but don;t have "I God We Trust" on them.

[usgator]

Who cares what they name a secular bunny? Name it the "Mass Marketing For Candy and Frilly Clothes" Bunny for all I care.

And that is why the leftists win.

[AntiBurr]

Since Easter (Ostern) is, in reality a Pagan holiday and not truly related(except for the coincidence of dates) to the crucifixion and ressurection of Christ, then calling the symbols of fertility the rabbit and the egg by their correct names should be Politically Correct...Right?

[two134711]

The word Easter in Spanish made more sense to me: Pascua, which (I think) was based on the term Passover.

[normy]

Sounds great! Lets get rid of the other ridiculous garbage Christians teach their kids such as Santa Clause. We are the only religion who disrespects itself so much we use fairy tales to teach about Jesus.