Easter- Marketing Masterpiece

When you think of Easter what do you think? Bunnies, eggs, candy. Thats all marketing for you. Easter is a holiday celebrating the rise of Jesus yet when you think easer you don't even think of how the holiday started, just how it has become. That is all because of Marketing. Someone one day took the idea of easter and fliped it on its head for massive massive profits. All the cards and candy and little kids and girl friends wanting cute little stuffed animals and easter baskets. This is the perfect example of someone taking something so boring and turning it into a cash cow where people spend crazy money making there families happy. Can you think of any other situations where a holiday is explotied by marketing?