Sam Bernstein the Easter Rabbit

Just before Easter, our 8 year old had a serious talk with his Dad about the Easter Rabbit. He said, "Dad, there really isn't an Easter rabbit, is there? I mean, rabbits are not smart enough to know where to deliver Easter baskets and they can't even hold eggs!" When my husband finally said that there isn't, my son started to cry and told his Dad to say no more. I was so upset by this that I consulted a few moms at school regarding this issue and one Mom told me about Sam the Rabbit. I can't recall for sure if his last name was Bernstein but she said he's the Jewish Easter Bunny. I don't know what kind of blasphemy we committed by introducing Sam Bernstein the Easter Rabbit but we "introduced" him as the new, improved Easter Bunny who has been around for awhile. We encouraged our son to check with his other friends about Sam (Sam has been the Easter Rabbit at several friends' homes for awhile) so I figured we could stretch the belief for another year until we can think of a way to explain it all. Well, it worked! We even did the follow-the-string hunt that was recommended to us and my kids had a blast searching for their Easter baskets all over the house. Though I don't recommend you doing up the string at 2am the night before - and you have to make sure that you are not going to walk around the house after you put up the string!