Now that Easter is behind us, I am beginning to wonder: Are we actually teaching our children the wrong message?
Is it possible that we are imparting the message that the central figure of Easter is a giant bunny, that lays colored eggs for children to locate?
Similarly, are we teaching children that the central figure of Christmas is a jolly old man--clad in red, and with a long beard--who flies through the sky on December 25, and leaves gifts for children all throughout the world?
(Yes, I know that these children will not grow into adults--or even into adolescents--who truly believe this. But is it possible that they will never learn just what Christmas and Easter are all about?)