“WHAT IS EASTER?”
ASKS ST. PETER
Author Unknown
Three
blondes died and are at the gates of heaven. St. Peter tells them that they can
enter the gates if they can answer one simple question.
St.
Peter asks the first blonde “What is Easter?”
The
blonde replies, “Oh, that’s easy. It is the holiday in November when everyone
gets together and eats turkey.”
“Wrong”
says St. Peter. He turns to the second blonde and asks her the same question.
She
replies: “Easter is the holiday when we put up a tree, exchange presents, and
celebrate the birth of Jesus.”
“Wrong”,
says St. Peter in disgust. He turns to the third blonde, and asks her the same
question. “Do you know what Easter is?”
“Yes,
I do” replied the blonde, “Easter is the Christian holiday that coincides with
the Jewish celebration of Passover. Jesus and his disciples were eating at the
last supper and Jesus was later deceived and turned over to the Romans by one
of his disciples. The Romans took him to be crucified and he was stabbed in his
side, made to wear a crown of thorns, and was hung on a cross with nails
through his hands. He was buried in a cave which was sealed off by a large
boulder.”
St.
Peter is smiling broadly with great delight.
The
third blonde continues: “Every year the boulder is moved aside so that Jesus
can come out; and if he sees his shadow, there will be six more weeks of
winter.”