Category Archives: Easter

Mourning Announcements

Posted on March 25, 2023 by Nathan

Today is the anniversary of Jesus’ crucifixion. Okay, it probably really isn’t, and we don’t even know what year that happened, let alone the specific date. While Easter does sometimes fall this early, it’s rare. And if these first century … Continue reading →

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Of Bunnies and Bonnets

Posted on April 17, 2022 by Nathan

Picture by Helena Nelson-Reed Happy Easter! Some years ago, I wrote a little about the origins of the Easter Bunny and the name of the holiday. I don’t have a whole lot to add, but there’s some, so I might … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, Art, Authors, British, Cartoons, Celebrities, Christianity, Easter, Food, German, Greek Mythology, Holidays, Judaism, Lewis Carroll, Music, Mythology, Passover, Religion, Roman, Television, They Might Be Giants, Toys, VoVat Goes to the Movies, XTC | Tagged alice's adventures in wonderland, aphrodite, bill cosby, charity, coney island, coneys, easter bunny, easter eggs, easter parade, easter seals, eggs, eostre, fat albert, fat albert easter special, fred astaire, hares, irving berlin, jack benny, jesus, judy garland, lent, liberace, march hare, ostara, pikas, rabbits, shirley maclaine, the easter seal teleparade of stars, titian, van johnson, venus, virgin mary, white rabbit | Leave a comment

As the Hours and the Days and the Weeks and the Months and the Years Go By

Posted on December 29, 2021 by Nathan

With this year soon coming to an end, I was thinking about whether there’s any connection between the number of days in a year and degrees in a circle, and apparently there is. Of course, a modern year doesn’t have … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Astronomy, Babylonian, Christmas, Easter, Egyptian, Greek Mythology, History, Holidays, Islam, Judaism, Mathematics, Mesopotamia, Mythology, New Year's Day, Norse, Religion, Roman, Science | Tagged astrology, baby new year, bible, calendar, dionysus, egyptian calendar, enoch, father time, genesis, geometry, jewish calendar, khonsu, kronos, measurement, moon, nostradamus, planets, sabbath, saturn, saturnalia, sun, thoth, time, yule | 1 Comment

Golden Ozianaversary

Posted on June 2, 2021 by Nathan

The 2021 issue of Oziana, the fiftieth anniversary edition of the publication, has been released, and I’m in it quite a bit. I’m flattered, but I kind of wonder if my stuff wouldn’t have been better off spaced out somewhat. … Continue reading →

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Egg Overload

Posted on April 7, 2021 by Nathan

I have a few video games I either want to start playing or get back into, but my game-playing time these days is taken up entirely by checking on my Animal Crossing: New Horizons island. It’s a pretty relaxing game, … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Animals, Current Events, Easter, Food, Holidays, Mario, Monsters, Video Games | Tagged animal crossing new horizons, bunny day, cherry blossoms, easter bunny, easter eggs, eggs, luigi mario, mario mario, princess peach toadstool, rabbits, rhinoceroses, wario, yeti, zipper t. bunny | Leave a comment

Baskets Full of Easter Joy

Posted on April 6, 2021 by Nathan

Now that Easter is over, I suppose I should write about the relevant cartoons Beth and I watched this year. A Claymation Easter – This was on the same DVD as A Claymation Christmas, and I thought it would be … Continue reading →

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A Time to Hop

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Nathan

I can’t say I do much for Easter as an adult, but I definitely have memories of hunting for eggs in my childhood. I remember going to church services as well, but I’m generally a defender of secular aspects of … Continue reading →

Posted in Animals, British, Cartoons, Christianity, Comics, Easter, Fundamentalism, History, Holidays, Humor, Jack Chick, Music, Mythology, Religion, Television | Tagged a family circus easter, alexander hislop, charlie brown, dizzy gillespie, easter baskets, easter bunny, easter eggs, eggs, eostre, ishtar, it's the easter beagle charlie brown, linus van pelt, lucy van pelt, peanuts, peppermint patty, rabbits, snoopy, the family circus, woodstock | Leave a comment

Holiday for Sims

Posted on April 22, 2015 by Nathan

I’m now playing The Sims 3 with the Seasons expansion pack, and one thing that’s immediately obvious is how the holidays are given generic names instead of real-world ones. This does make a certain amount of sense, as they don’t … Continue reading →

Posted in Animal Crossing, Christmas, Easter, Halloween, Holidays, The Sims, Valentine's Day, Video Games | Tagged father time, jingle, labor day, new year's day, reindeer, santa claus, the sims 2, the sims 3, the sims 3 seasons, toy day | 3 Comments

Programming in Paschal

Posted on April 5, 2015 by Nathan

Easter, as the Church Fathers rather confusingly decided, is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. Well, to be totally technical about it, I believe it’s after the first full moon after 21 … Continue reading →

Posted in Catholicism, Christianity, Easter, Holidays, Judaism, Passover, Religion | Tagged bible, crucifixion, gospel of john, gospels, jesus, julian calendar, pharisees, pontius pilate, resurrection, sadducees, seder, spring, vernal equinox | Leave a comment

Rapa Nui’s Delight

Posted on April 20, 2014 by Nathan

A bit of word association made me think it would make sense to incorporate Easter Island into my Oz story about the Easter Bunny, which meant I had to do a little bit of research to find out more about … Continue reading →

Posted in Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Easter, History, Holidays, Music, Mythology, Pacific, Religion | Tagged bird man, easter bunny, easter island, hotu matu'a, jacob roggeveen, makemake, moai, motu nui, mu, polynesia, rapa iti, rapa nui, Rasputina, sooty tern, tangata manu | Leave a comment

Category Archives: Easter

Mourning Announcements

Of Bunnies and Bonnets

As the Hours and the Days and the Weeks and the Months and the Years Go By

Golden Ozianaversary

Egg Overload

Baskets Full of Easter Joy

A Time to Hop

Holiday for Sims

Programming in Paschal

Rapa Nui’s Delight

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