Easter is a 50/50 holiday. Some love it, some hate it, some are inbetween. I interviewed 6th grade Declan McMahon, fellow 6th grader Chiara Kovac and 7th grader Grace Triantafyllos to find out some of OSA’s students take on the holiday, as well as some personal experiences.
-Hazel Phillips
-Hazel Phillips
Easter is a 50/50 holiday. Some love it, some hate it, some are in between. I interviewed 6th grade Declan McMahon, fellow 6th grader Chiara Kovac and 7th grader Grace Triantafyllos to find out some of OSA’s students take on the holiday, as well as some personal experiences.
I started out by asking how the legend affects kids. “Well I think it’s pretty creepy, a bunny going around in your house and either laying eggs or giving you presents, but I like presents, so I'm not complaining,” Kovac told me, seeming pretty paranoid about the whole “Easter Bunny” thing.
McMahon had a more optimistic view on the tale, but not fully optimistic. “I definitely think it affects kids positively, like ‘oh a little bunny’s coming tonight’ but, still, it's not completely positive when they have to learn the lie, and it will be sad, just like I was when i learned the hard truth.”
Why was the myth created? They had answers for that, too. “It's interesting. I don't know what the person who created the myth was thinking, like ‘oh i'm gonna tell my children a giant rabbit is going to break in and lay colored eggs.’ Like, how would someone think of combining a rabbit, eggs, and rainbows? Someone was being weird…” said Triantafyllos.
McMahon, being the half-glass-full kinda guy he is, replied, “I think it was just created for the enjoyment and entertainment of innocence of childhood.”
According to Kovac, the myth was kept alive because “kids like bunny rabbits and presents.” and I personally agree. That's all that needs to be said.
Next, I asked about how the “Easter Bunny” affected their personal childhood. “It was something to look forward to, and i could never seem to sleep at night cause I'd be all, ‘omg the Easter Bunny's gonna come and give me a bunch of candy’ but then one day my soul was crushed…” Triantafyllos shared, laughing a little.
“I like presents and i like chocolate, like I said before, but my parents , since we’re Catholic, wanted me to get more into the religious side of Easter,” Kovac explained.
“I never really thought about it,” McMahon said, “I just accepted it and then recently, over the summer (yes, I know that's pretty late), I found out Santa and the Easter Bunny weren't real and I was pretty sad…”
Why do kids believe in the ‘Easter Bunny’?
“Well like I said before, kids want chocolate and presents, and I guess it's cute,the idea of a little bunny coming in and trashing your house and filling it with eggs,” Kovac replied, still apparently very suspicious of the little rabbit.
Lets get more into the scam. How did these OSA students feel when they found out our big bunny was a fraud?
“I wasn't as heartbroken as some kids, because I never fully believed in any of the myths, like the tooth fairy, Santa, the Easter Bunny and all that jazz. I mean I still got candy so im good,” said Triantafyllos, gigging through the whole thing.
“Well I had guessed already, because we had to write thank-you notes to our grandparents instead of the alleged bunny,” Kovac replied. McMahon, on the other hand, was in denial..“I knew deep down for a while, I was just denying it, but then one day, my younger sister comes up to me and tells me that mom told her that we were living a lie.”
As for my story? I as a very little child so I would always argue with my parents that it was biologically possible for a bunny to lay an egg, and that magic isn't real—so no santa (says me who used to pretend to be a fairy), but I learned to pretend to get extra presents or candy or whatever.
I started out by asking how the legend affects kids. “Well I think it’s pretty creepy, a bunny going around in your house and either laying eggs or giving you presents, but I like presents, so I'm not complaining,” Kovac told me, seeming pretty paranoid about the whole “Easter Bunny” thing.
McMahon had a more optimistic view on the tale, but not fully optimistic. “I definitely think it affects kids positively, like ‘oh a little bunny’s coming tonight’ but, still, it's not completely positive when they have to learn the lie, and it will be sad, just like I was when i learned the hard truth.”
Why was the myth created? They had answers for that, too. “It's interesting. I don't know what the person who created the myth was thinking, like ‘oh i'm gonna tell my children a giant rabbit is going to break in and lay colored eggs.’ Like, how would someone think of combining a rabbit, eggs, and rainbows? Someone was being weird…” said Triantafyllos.
McMahon, being the half-glass-full kinda guy he is, replied, “I think it was just created for the enjoyment and entertainment of innocence of childhood.”
According to Kovac, the myth was kept alive because “kids like bunny rabbits and presents.” and I personally agree. That's all that needs to be said.
Next, I asked about how the “Easter Bunny” affected their personal childhood. “It was something to look forward to, and i could never seem to sleep at night cause I'd be all, ‘omg the Easter Bunny's gonna come and give me a bunch of candy’ but then one day my soul was crushed…” Triantafyllos shared, laughing a little.
“I like presents and i like chocolate, like I said before, but my parents , since we’re Catholic, wanted me to get more into the religious side of Easter,” Kovac explained.
“I never really thought about it,” McMahon said, “I just accepted it and then recently, over the summer (yes, I know that's pretty late), I found out Santa and the Easter Bunny weren't real and I was pretty sad…”
Why do kids believe in the ‘Easter Bunny’?
“Well like I said before, kids want chocolate and presents, and I guess it's cute,the idea of a little bunny coming in and trashing your house and filling it with eggs,” Kovac replied, still apparently very suspicious of the little rabbit.
Lets get more into the scam. How did these OSA students feel when they found out our big bunny was a fraud?
“I wasn't as heartbroken as some kids, because I never fully believed in any of the myths, like the tooth fairy, Santa, the Easter Bunny and all that jazz. I mean I still got candy so im good,” said Triantafyllos, gigging through the whole thing.
“Well I had guessed already, because we had to write thank-you notes to our grandparents instead of the alleged bunny,” Kovac replied. McMahon, on the other hand, was in denial..“I knew deep down for a while, I was just denying it, but then one day, my younger sister comes up to me and tells me that mom told her that we were living a lie.”
As for my story? I as a very little child so I would always argue with my parents that it was biologically possible for a bunny to lay an egg, and that magic isn't real—so no santa (says me who used to pretend to be a fairy), but I learned to pretend to get extra presents or candy or whatever.