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Ways to Keep Christ in Easter



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Easter is the most holy day for Christians: it commemorates Jesus' crucification on the cross and His resurrection three days later. However, instead of Jesus being the focus of Easter, in the minds of many this sacred day is about a fictional rabbit who visits children, brings them gifts and candies, and leaves them eggs to hunt on Easter morning. These symbols (the Easter bunny, his gifts, and the hunt for eggs) are actually pagan symbols and idols, and they represent pagan practices from long ago, originating from old germanic religions which celebrated spring time.


As Christians we have a responsibility to honor God by removing pagan symbols and idols from our lives. We must remove these symbols and idols from our sacred holidays, like Easter and Christmas, by making Easter about -- and only about -- Jesus' resurrection, in much the same way as Christmas isn't about a fictional man in a red suit that brings presents. When we, as parents, instantiate an emotional lie to our children (the Easter Bunny), we are harming both them, ourselves and the authority we have, and their children, and even their children's children, when and if they continue this fraudulent tradition. Easter is about Jesus's life, death, and resurrection, and we need to keep it that way.


Below are some ways we can make Jesus the focus of our special Easter Sunday.



Tell the Story of Easter


There are many ways to share the story of Easter with your family; you could watch a youtube sermon, read a picture book with your children or print out a coloring sheet of the tomb for example. Reflect upon the story and sacrifice of Jesus.


  • "He is not here; he has risen!" Luke 24:6

  • "If you declare with your mouth, 'Jesus is Lord,' and believe in your heart that God raised him from the dead, you will be saved." Romans 10:9

  • "The angel said to the women, 'Do not be afraid, for I know that you are looking for Jesus, who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, just as he said. Come and see the place where he lay.'" Matthew 28:5-6

  • "For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life." John 3:16




Celebrate The Resurrection


One of my favorite hymns is "Christ the Lord has risen today" Click here to see a music video. There are many different renditions of this great song to enjoy online.




Make a resurrection garden
Make a resurrection garden




Find a Bible Believing Church


Easter Sunday is a great time to attend services at a bible believing church. And if your church or the one you are visiting has an Easter Egg hunt, go to the Pastor and ask him directly this question: "I believe that the Easter Bunny is a pagan symbol and there's nothing in the Bible about the Easter Bunny or hunting eggs. Why is your church intertwining paganism with the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus?"




Teach your children about communion.


Communion is a ceremony in the Christian faith. This time to reflect upon Jesus' sacrifice to us. If you have been in church for a while, you probably have had the opportunity to experience this in some fashion. It is because of Jesus' resurrection that we have communion. Before Jesus was crucified on the cross, Jesus broke break and drank wine with his disciples during the last supper as described in 1 corinthians 11:23-26.


23 For I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took bread, 24 and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, “This is my body, which is for[a] you. Do this in remembrance of me.”[b] 25 In the same way also he took the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.” 26 For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until he comes. 1 corinthians 11:23-26


Generally, communion happens semi frequently throughout the year at church. The paster will lead us in prayer, and reflection upon the sacrifice Jesus made on the cross. We commemorate the body and blood of Jesus Christ by eating a cracker or a piece of bread and drinking grape juice.




Gift Intentionally


Easter is an opportunity to give gifts to your friends and family if you choose.


We use Amazon wish lists. Our kids are school age. We help the kids shop and make an amazon wish list. This gives the children a chance to shop and communicate their wishes to our family members in a polite way. We also use these for birthdays.


We don't follow trends or fads. "Toy of the year" trends are usually over-rated and will probably be in the thrift store within year or so later. I see fingerlings and Squishmallows often in the thrift stores. 

You can buy the popular toy of the year if you really wanted to, but is the cost really worth it? In our opinion, it's not. The FOMO (Fear of missing out), price gauging and dealing with items selling out is simply not worth the stress. And kids enjoy thrift store items just as much as they enjoy the most expensive "toy-of-the-year".


We don't have a price limit or toy limit when giving gifts to our kids. We use our judgement about what the kids like or need and gift them appropriately. We are intentional about the toys and things we bring into the house and about gifts we give.




Spend time with friends and family


And let us consider how to stir up one another to love and good works,25 not neglecting to meet together, as is the habit of some, but encouraging one another, and all the more as you see the Day drawing near. Hebrews 10:24-25



Do not do the Easter Bunny


Celebrating the “Easter bunny” is offensive to God.

It perverts and paganizes our Christian holiday. Do you believe that Jesus is real? That he died on the cross and rose again three days later? If so, then Christianity should be taken seriously and we should celebrate this important holiday with the truth. Celebrating Resurrection Sunday by including the Easter Bunny removes Jesus from the holiday that is supposed to be about Him and only Him.


Including the Easter Bunny communicates to children that lying is OK.

We should never lie to our kids, and we certainly shouldn't convey to them that Easter is about a character that brings them candy in a basket or has something to do with finding eggs in a garden. We also shouldn't tell them that the tooth fairy brought them money either or that gifts at Christmas time come from a fantasy character. We want to teach our kids that lying is wrong. When we convey these kinds of emotional lies to our children, they have good reason to doubt our truthfulness in other things -- all other things. When they find out that the Easter Bunny isn't real, what else will they suspect? Perhaps they will jump to the conclusion that Jesus and His resurretion isn't real either...since Easter is a made-up event..right..?


The Easter bunny is a relationship, not a character like Mickey Mouse or Spiderman you see at theme parks.

At an age when children cannot tell what is true and what is fantasy, they are taught that he comes and surprises them with presents on Easter eve. Children leave treats for him when he comes to visit.

Your family goes to visit him and pays money for photos. The photos may be taken even if your child is scared or crying. If this was any other adult, any other time of year, you would never force your child to be in close proximity with them. It would be inappropriate and grooming.


What does this have to do with Jesus's resurrection
What does this have to do with Jesus's resurrection





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