New Life in Spring
Last night we watched a movie about a boy who grew up in LA and eventually became the co-Easter Bunny. It was a cute story with a flying egg pulled by magical flying chicks, failed job interviews, and a second in command of the Easter Workshop who goes rogue in hopes of becoming the Easter Bunny himself. It was colorful, energetic, and non-violent...a no brainer for a Saturday night movie with the kids. There's even a scene where the Easter Bunny's son, co-Easter Bunny to be, proves to the hero that he's the Easter Bunny by "laying" jelly beans. Not sure how the FDA would feel about kids eating those! What's funny is I had two other Easter Bunny interactions this week that changed how I see our hyper-commercialized American holiday. The first instance sums up my former feels about the holiday pretty well: I'm sitting in an office where there's a TV playing something neutral and non-offensive to all customers in the corner. On comes an ad for Lindt Ch