So one of them looks out the window and says, 'Spring's come early this year'. Virgil, you're on to something there. It's called product naturalisation, Lord. Rabbits are vermin non grata in Oz, so we came up with the bilby, which is your actual indigenous little grey furry thing. Don't say that, Lord.
Easter is one of the great touchstones of consumer confidence.
Almost as important as Christmas. The festival of competitive gift-giving and excessive eating. If consumer spending is down at Christmas the retailers are in a sweat until Easter. Two consecutive religious-festival downturns and, technically, we are in recession. Well, I must say that it never occurred to me that my birth and death would have such a profound effect on the economic health of a capitalist society.