I'm a bit saddened that someone felt the need to rename an Easter Egg Hunt as a Spring Egg Hunt. Guess I'm an old fuddy duddy that believes if you're going to celebrate something that is traditional, you should call it by its traditional name.

Why in the world would that make any difference? It's supposed to be about kids having fun, not whether anyone's particular religious beliefs are promoted, isn't it? Given that our community is a rather diverse one, perhaps the reasoning behind the name change was to reflect just that.

Plenty of other things in this world worth being saddened about...

You’re right Darren, it is about the kids, and the kids having fun. But, on a larger scale it’s also about our American culture and American tradition.

For hundreds of years, children have awoke on Easter morning and set about to look for their Easter basket filled with Easter eggs and whatever other goodies the Easter Bunny (not the “spring” bunny) hid the night before. It’s wasn’t a “spring” basket that contained “spring” eggs, it was an Easter basket with Easter eggs. This part of Easter is part of our culture and heritage, not a part of religious observance. Changing things not only robs children of part of their heritage, but steals a learning opportunity of American heritage and culture from people from other cultures.

Those that think that the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs is of a major religious significance, have never been to a Christian Church on Easter morning.

I guess we’ll have to rename Santa to Father Winter if we continue along this line of thinking.