Well, if you didn't live so dang far away, you could come, too! (Ten a year--eight Pagan holidays, my birthday, and the Oscars.) If you're ever in Washington at the right time, drop me a PM.

Well, the question of whether or not egg-dyeing is Pagan or not is still in dispute (stupid non-literate cultures, not writing stuff down), but the reason the egg is a symbol of Easter is from the Germanic goddess--wait for it--Ostara (or Eastre, or about six other spellings; see note above about non-literate cultures). This is Her feast, and She's a fertility goddess. Hence eggs and rabbits and things.

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Gillian

"Now everyone was giving her that kind of look UFOlogists get when they suddenly say, 'Hey, if you shade your eyes you can see it is just a flock of geese after all.'"

"You can't erase icing."

"I can't believe it doesn't work! I found it on the internet, man!"