{"id":172,"date":"2014-04-16T11:03:00","date_gmt":"2014-04-16T11:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/easter-bunny-surpasses-santa-claus\/"},"modified":"2014-09-08T23:44:46","modified_gmt":"2014-09-08T23:44:46","slug":"easter-bunny-surpasses-santa-claus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/easter-bunny-surpasses-santa-claus\/","title":{"rendered":"Easter Bunny Surpasses Santa Claus"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>No, it\u2019s not an April fool \u2014 it is a poll and <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Christmas<\/a> fans everywhere are in mourning: it appears the Easter Bunny is more loveable than <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus. <\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20140415005198\/en\/Easter-Bunny-Surpasses-Santa-Claus-Lovable-Holiday#.U03xQ1dgy8E\" target=\"_blank\">new poll<\/a> by market research firm <a href=\"http:\/\/www.epollresearch.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">ePollResearch.com<\/a> the Easter Bunny marks the first time any holiday character has come close to overtaking the legendary man in red. 89 percent of respondents indicated they found the Easter Bunny appealing, compared with 87 percent for <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus, 84 percent for the St. Patrick\u2019s Day Leprechaun and a distant 71 percent for the Valentine\u2019s Day Cupid.<\/p>\n<p>This survey appears to back up <a href=\"http:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/library\/christmas-present-4\/annual-survey-of-christmas-2013-351\/\" target=\"_blank\">another done before last holiday season by My Merry Christmas.com<\/a> that declared that the popularity of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus was waning. That survey showed that only 48 percent maintain a positive impression of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> Claus. 43 percent said <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> receives too much media exposure and a whopping 56 percent <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> improperly influences children at Christmastime.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> fans fear the popularity of Mr. Claus will continue to slide as Hollywood takes shots at the mythical history of <a href=\"https:\/\/mymerrychristmas.com\/x\/celebrating-20-years-of-the-merry-forums\/\">Santa<\/a> as a Norse superhero known for killing bad guys in a <a href=\"http:\/\/christmasflix.com\/2014\/03\/get-ready-for-a-different-santa-claus-movie\/\" target=\"_blank\">new movie slated for release soon<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mmc-220a5.kxcdn.com\/x\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/dxsni1nywno.gif\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>No, it\u2019s not an April fool \u2014 it is a poll and Christmas fans everywhere are in mourning: it appears the Easter Bunny is more loveable than Santa Claus. 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