One Rabbit or Many?

[chicken]

One rabbit or many? What do you believe? What do kids believe?

Does the Easter Bunny deliver all those eggs all by itself, in one time-space-continuum-defying night of herculean work, or is there a bevy of bunny helpers, a whole warren full of helpful little paws?

Similarly, is Santa also physics-defying, or does he just have lots of Elf helpers?

If the prevailing societal myth in both cases is actually the Lone Faster Than Light Rabbit/Santa, which of the two myths stays believable longer, for children? If one topples, does the other then automatically fall as well?

These are some thoughts I had today whilst hop-staggering down the hall to deliver only half a dozen small eggs. The bunny has some stamina! (I know I don't.)

Also, P.S., this is the perfect weekend (other than Halloween) for re-watching "The Curse of the Were-Rabbit". I'm just saying.

Comments

[tx-cronopio.livejournal.com]

We had hard-boiled eggs but my mom would never buy chocolate bunnies when we were kids...they were somehow sacriligious in her east texas methodist world. So today I think I shall buy myself one ;)

[liliaeth]

That I guess is why here in Belgium it's generally said that the eggs are delivered by flying bells. (you know those things in belltowers, apparently once a year they go flying off to be filled with eggs and then dropped them back off in kids' homes and gardens.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

For some reason my kids decided a year or so ago that the Easter Bunny is a laughable myth, but Santa Claus is still very much up in the air for the younger one. Nathan is very anxious about Santa. Wants him to be real very badly. But the Bunny? Laughs the idea to scorn.

Easter is still a great holiday, though, because it brings CANDY.

[anelith.livejournal.com]

And I want to thank you and the Hen for the Easter card! So cute and full of SPRING! May you both have lots of chocolate this weekend!

[saifai.livejournal.com]

Let's not forget the Tooth Fairy (comment courtesy of my Mom). LOL

I'm going for the "warren full of helpful little paws". Spotted one such helper today. A white rabbit happily hopping across the road from house to house. Quite the odd site. Didn't see the basket, but perhaps it was hiding?