Easter's meaning split is between the sacred and the secular
For some, it's all about the bunny
By KRISTINA HERRNDOBLER
April 3, 2007

When Sally Russ' children were young, some 30 people would come over for Easter dinner and a massive egg hunt in the yard.

Now that the kids have grown and moved away, the social activist will mail Easter to them.
"I'll spend some ridiculous amount of money on some Easter things for my kids and ship them away, and all their friends in college will think their families are really crazy," she said. "I did the same thing for Halloween."

Russ' Easter bills will add up to several hundred dollars, but it is tradition, she said. What her family tradition doesn't include is church.

"It is definitely a secular celebration," she said. "It was just all about the tradition for us and the ritual of it and the fun of it." the rest