People utterly miss the point of Easter (Instagram mom Super Bowl)

We all know the joke about the gym on January 2nd (full) vs. the gym on March 2nd (every machine is available).

You know the same joke but applied to religion?

Easter Sunday is usually the busiest day of the year for many churches — something like 6/7 in 10 Americans go to church.

The literal next Sunday is usually one of the least-attended church days of the year.

The pessimistic way to view that stat is families saying “OK, we did our duty, see ya maybe once over the summer and then into next holiday season.”

But damn (Daniel) … one week and there’s that big of an attendance drop?

While not that surprising, I think this needs to be unpacked a little bit.

The curation problem

Some realities of Easter, especially for the American middle class:

• Three to four generations together
• People generally looking spiffy
• There’s a high moralistic tie to “Look at me doing the God thing”

Easter photos were a thing in the 1920s, I’m sure. (I wouldn’t know, as I wasn’t alive.)