Every year, a few days before Easter, my dad would sit us down as a family to brainstorm how we would catch the Easter Bunny.

Night before Easter, he'd help us set the agreed-upon trap. When we went to bed, he'd spring the trap, nibble on the carrot (our bait), then leave a note for us from the "Easter Bunny" - either complimenting us on how clever our idea was, or saying how hard he had to work to escape it. How he wished he could stick around, but he had to go deliver candy to other kids. Signed "E.B."

One year, he went so far as to put a white rag under the trap, with fishing line tied to it... and when he knew we were watching, he signaled my uncle (holding the other end of the line, out of our sight) to sprint away and haul in the line - so all we saw was a white dash fly out from the trap and around the corner of the house.

When I got old enough to realize the EB wasn't real, I helped him run the ruse on my brother and sister.

Didn't realize until years later that other families don't set fancy traps on Easter. I've just got a super cool dad.

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