Easteris a Christian and Cultural Festival. It’s called Easter because Westerwould sound really weird. As far as I understand, within the limits of my religious ignorance, it is to commemorate the crucifixion and the death of Jesus Christ. I’m told that this day is called Good Friday. Maybe I confuse easily, but what’s so good about a day involving nasty crucifixions and death? In Denmark, Good Friday is actually called LangFredag (Long Friday) which makes more sense, especially when things are not going well, including crucifixions and death.
But luckily, as the story goes, Jesus resurrects the following Sunday, so all is quickly back to normal tidings. The commemoration of Jesus’ crucifixion and of course more importantly, his resurrection, is packed into the Cultural festival we know as Easter – and did you know that the Easter Season is a total of seven weeks? Imagine how much weight we could gain if we took full advantage of that?
Growing up in Denmark and not using that as an excuse for ignorance (the art of not knowing), religion was not part of my life at all. Sure we acknowledged religious holidays, especially if there was candy, presents and days off from school involved (I was ignorant, but not stupid).
Christmas was and still is a major holiday for me. The awesome idea of getting presents for free, no matter how badly I behaved the previous year, has always pleased me; I mean how could Santa possibly check on everybody, huh? And then all the days off school, the great food and we even got presents on Lille-Juleaften (Little-Xmas Eve – December 23rd). Religion coming in handy, I’d say…
