Happy Good Friday! The day that’s historically, like, really not good at all. Or Happy. But, that’s okay! It’ll all make sense in two days when a gigantic rabbit will hide, um...eggs.
Cause rabbits lay...wait, what?
No day on the Christian calendar is more dreary than Maundy Thursday, the day of the Last Supper. Except the next day.
So why call it “Good Friday”?
Was “Super Sad Friday” taken? Or “Darkest Day Ever”? Why not those?
Depending on who you ask, it seems to be a mash-up of a couple things.
Some say it’s a version of “God’s Friday” or that “good” just means a “holy” day.
In Germany it’s called “Karfreitag,” which means “Sorrowful Friday,” and don’t plan on hearing much volkmusik, because it’s a day to be quiet, music-less and well, sad.
But a couple days later, perk up and sing! Because nothing says “Hallelujah!” like an 8-foot bunny rabbit, tossing eggs everywhere.
Why not an Easter Chicken? And why eggs?
There’s a logical(ish) reason!
Eostre, the goddess of spring, was symbolized by a rabbit because rabbits are, you know...fertile.
Spring, fertility, reproduction...starting to sound a lot like Easter!
Add the egg as a symbol of life and rebirth, and Bam!
Huge bunny with eggs.
And if they were REAL eggs, how many kids would scramble to find them?
