The meaning of Easter Three guys are converting to Catholicism, to get a feel for how much they know, the priest asks if they know the meaning of Easter. first guy says ""yeah, that's when Jesus was born."" ""no, that's Christmas"" explains the priest. second guy says ""that's when we thank god for everything, with the pilgrims and indians and all that"" ""no, that's Thanksgiving"" says the priest. third guy says ""Easter is when Jesus died, they buried him in a cave with a huge boulder and three days later he rose from the dead..."" the priest interrupts ""yes, you two, listen to him, he's got it. ok, go on."" the guy continues...so after three days, Jesus rose from the dead, he came out of his tomb, and if he sees his shadow we get three more weeks of winter.""