SinEaster: A Novel

CHAPTER 9

  The History of Easter Land & the Prophesy Poem

  966—The beginning. In ancient times, there were no holidays, but then it was decided to create them. One of those holidays was assigned to the Holiday Continent’s east side. The area and holiday was called Easter as a working title, but the name stuck.

  Easter was originally meant to be the opposite of Halloween, because candy would be brought to children’s houses rather than the children going to the houses of others. The Easter project was approved and went forward.

  The area that was to become Easter Land was already ruled by humans. However, the humans of Easter Land were different from other humans due to an ancient curse. Centuries before, one of their kings had come to be considered a coward. Since he was considered a “chicken,” in order to mock him and his subjects, all the female humans in his kingdom were made to lay colorful eggs to reproduce. Also, as a further form of ridicule, the monarchy was assigned a royal guard of anthropomorphic eggs. However, in the beginning, the holiday of Easter had to do with delivering candy, and not eggs.

  After approval, the new holiday entered a stage of development and preparation, but there were still many years ahead, before it could begin to be celebrated.

  Many creatures tried out for the role of candy deliverer. Three finalists were chosen to compete: the Easter Bunny, the Easter Toad, and Humpty Dumpty.