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Easter. All About Jesus.
I was privy to know that the Bible Society had applied for a "Jesus. All about life" stall at this year's Easter show but heard on Friday that the application was rejected! No Jesus at the Easter show! (Read about it here).
It's quite a wonder to behold... Something akin to "Not including Muhammad at the Ramadan festival" or "No mention of ANZACs on ANZAC day"...
So, i think we can finally say what we had suspected to be the case for quite some time... it really is a show AT Easter rather than an Easter show...
However, It has prompted me to recognise that most Aussies probably view Easter and Christmas the way I view the the Queen's Birthday in June. The similarities with Christmas especially are really very profound... QB: celebrates the birth of a sovereign with a public holiday on the date that isn't actually the real birthday... Christmas, the same...
But if somebody wanted to tell me the real reason for my June long weekend was because the queen was born and she is the head of the country I live in and that I should pay her homage on her birthday, I wouldost likely tell them I didn't care. As far as I'm concerned this is my public holiday regardless of what it stands for...
Sound familar?
