It’s enough to make
you cross yourself

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Has anyone besides me noticed that chocolate crosses are being sold as Easter candy?

I don't go to church as much as I did when I was a kid (sorry, Mom), but I still freaked out when I saw them on sale at Kmart.

I had to look twice, but sure enough, there they were -- right next to the marshmallow bunnies in an aisle display at the Iwilei store.

Why anyone would want to buy a chocolate cross is beyond me. "Here you go Timmy, happy Easter! Don't smear the symbol of the Christian world on your shirt."

Then again, I guess an argument can be made that people are already eating God when they consume the Eucharist at church on Sunday. It is called the Body of Christ, after all.

But the cross as Easter candy? What's next, chocolate crucifixes? Imagine kids at the dinner table saying, "Mommy I finished my vegetables, can I eat Jesus now?"

Stop the world, please, I wanna get off.

--Rod Antone

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