Friday, April 10, 2009

Double Standard or Not? You Decide!

Do some Christians have a double standard for Christmas and Easter? Both holidays have religious undertone, and both holidays have been commercialized. Most Christians participate in the gift giving at Christmas and have a Christmas tree and decorations in their home. They justify it all by telling their kids the Christmas story and explaining the real "reason for the season". Then, Easter rolls around and we say "No" to Easter egg hunts, Easter baskets filled with goodies, Easter bunnies, and all the commercialized business that goes with Easter. Is that a double standard? Could we not just sit down before the Easter hunt and tell the real reason our churches celebrate Easter? Could we not tell the Easter story about how Jesus came to earth, lived as a man, performed miracles, was crucified on a cross to pay for our sins, laid in a borrowed tomb, and then rose from the dead 3 days later? Can we tell that story like Miss Patty does with different things inside an Easter Egg? Would this be an extra opportunity for churches to minister to kids who would otherwise never listen to the Gospel? What about those kids in church who already know about Easter? Is it ok for us to justify not allowing them to participate in Easter egg hunts by saying it's of the world or Easter bunnies who don't lay eggs have nothing to do with Easter?