D&D General Easter and D&D

[R_J_K75]

I'm not sure, "everyone else is doing it," really works for me. YMMV.

And, well... if I had a friend who didn't eat cheese, I wouldn't serve a meal that was cheese-themed. Even if that friend had just embraced the fact that the rest of the world was cheese-loving, and they'd just deal with it, I'd want to be better than that. I can save my cheese for when they aren't with me. Again, YMMV.

Fair enough.

 

[The Green Hermit]

I think at least half of the folks I am currently playing D&D with are Jewish, so no.

I'm not a big fan of including real-world religious holidays at a table of mixed-faiths. It seems rather like pushing a tradition on people.

I grew up in a household where my dad was Christian and my mom was Jewish. We celebrated ALL the holidays. Their take on it was that all holidays were cultural and religion only came into play if you wanted it to.

 

[abe ray]

What about Passover/chaunika (I think that’s how you spell it)?

 

[The Green Hermit]

It has several spellings, but Channukah is the most common. Passover is immediately before Easter, but Channukah is around Christmas.

 

[abe ray]

It has several spellings, but Channukah is the most common. Passover is immediately before Easter, but Channukah is around Christmas.

Thanks for telling me how to spell it!

 

[Oofta]

A lot of what we associate with holidays have nothing to do with either Judaism or Christianity and instead have roots in religious holidays that were appropriated along the way.

Personally I think it's okay to pull in some of that stuff. On the other hand as I said above I still try to go back more to the original myths, legends and celebrations. Although I may have had a session long ago with a guy in the far north who was in the business of manufacturing and distributing toys.

 

[The Green Hermit]

Yep. When you get down to the roots of it all, just about all holidays are pagan.

 

[jayoungr]

Here's a theme song that may be inspirational ...

 

[The Green Hermit]

So my son tried (unsuccessfully) to shoot the kobold "bunny," but had no issue at all with accepting the healing potions. Interestingly enough, however, no mention was made of sharing them with the newcomers when they arrived a few minutes later. I had purposefully timed the delivery before they got there, just to see what they would do.

 

[abe ray]

Any new Easter adventures out there? Easter is April 9th this year!