The War on Easter
Almost as inevitably as Santa Claus arriving in department stores and town squares or the appearance of garland and ornaments beside Halloween costumes, there appears the annual debate over the “war on Christmas.” The question is whether Christmas is being obliterated from the public square, with “Merry Christmas” replaced by “Happy Holidays,” the banishment of carols from school choruses, or the generic coffee cups at Starbucks.
I have two different questions: Is there a war on Easter? And has Easter lost?
Let’s be honest. Easter in America is increasingly culturally invisible. “Easter weekend” can come and go and not be noticed by growing numbers of people.
There are many reasons for this invisibility.
First of all, Easter is a lot easier to hide. Christmas, on December 25, can fall on any day of the week. Easter will always fall on a Sunday — which means Easter can always be buried in the weekend. Say goodbye to your work colleagues on Friday, and greet them on Monday: there isn’t a palpable difference between Easter and any other weekend.
Another reason is, like Christmas, growing secularization. Holidays with religious roots are suspect; holidays with religious roots in what is still the religion of the........
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