Have you ever sat back and thought about the different traditions that we celebrate in America as well as all around the world? Some of these traditions may include holidays, sporting events, and weddings. We celebrate certain traditions for religious reasons, for memorial reasons, and just for the fact that what we are celebrating is a tradition, and we wish to keep it that way. But some of the traditions that date back thousands of years have been altered from their original meaning. Easter is a perfect example of one of the traditions that has been altered to better suit our modern times. Originally, Easter was the celebration of the ascension of Jesus' soul from the cross, on which he died, into Heaven. Today we have celebrations during Easter that include such things as a life-sized bunny, hard-boiled eggs that are dyed various pastel colors, and baskets, all of which have no religious significance. I think that the non-religious celebrations of Easter should be done away with.

To begin with, the non-religious celebrations of Easter should be done away with because they serve no relevance toward the original purpose of the tradition. Dyed eggs, bunnie

s, baskets, and so on do not provide us with any reason to have a celebration. Today we celebrate Easter by saying that there is an Easter bunny that will bring boys and girls candy and gifts as long as the boys and girls are well behaved. There are also Easter Egg hunts in which the "Easter Bunny" hides hard-boiled eggs that have been dyed various pastel colors. The children are sent out to find the hidden eggs and collect them in their Easter Baskets. We set out baskets with pastel-colored, fake grass in them on Easter Eve so that the "Easter Bunny" can come fill them up with goodies while we sleep. The only problem is that none of these previously stated activities serve any resemblance toward the original religious celebration that began almost two thousand years ago. So, for the fact that the celebrations of the Easter tradition have become more fantasy-based than religious-based, non-religious Easter celebrations should be done away with.

In conclusion, I think that if we are going to continue to celebrate and take part in certain traditions, we should celebrate them for their original meaning. I find it outrageous that we can go from celebrating Easter as a religious day in which we take time to remember and give thanks for the sacrifices Jesus made by dying for us so that we can be free to a day in which we celebrate a made up bunny that hops around and delivers candy and gifts and hides dyed eggs. A fantasy such as the Easter Bunny provides us with no grounds to have a

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