To Easter Bunny or not? ...that is the question.

I can't decide whether or not to take Minion to see the Easter Bunny, we saw Santa but Easter has just never been that big of a thing for me. I don't do the whole church thing and I honestly don't remember my Mom doing much more then getting me a chocolate bunny. Hubby is no help, he says it's up to me. For some reason it just seems silly to me. At least with Santa the point is to tell him what you want for Christmas and he asks if you have been good this year... What's the point in sitting on the Bunny's lap? Is there a purpose I've never been made aware of? I do plan on putting a basket together for him (no candy of course, mostly toys since he is a baby) and of course we will do egg hunts and dying when he gets older but I don't think I need pictures of him with a giant Bunny. Am I weird? I don't see how I could possibly regret passing on this photo op but like the title says, I am a first time mom. I'd much rather get pictures of him in cute clothes and/or gDiapers and doing normal baby things then a picture that will go out once a year (maybe since I don't decorate for Easter like I do Halloween and Christmas), at least then I can put it in the ever growing pile of pictures to hang on the wall. Speaking of, I should probably talk to my photographer about his 9 and 12 month pictures. This brings up the question of what happens when your child figures out there is no Santa, no Easter Bunny and no Tooth Fairy. Will they hate you? There seem to be a lot of Moms in a few online groups I belong to that think it will damage a kid to find out that their parents lied to them their whole life and then they may have a nervous break down at the age of 9 (or whatever age they find out, I just went with the average of me and my siblings). I must have missed the memo that I was supposed to freak out because when I figured it out at 7-8 years old I was not crushed or mad and I didn't freak out on my parents, I don't even think I told them I knew, I just went with it. When my siblings were born I didn't ruin things for them, I thought it was fun. My Dad just told me this past year that when we were little he and my Step Mom would give us all the gifts from Santa first and then the gifts from them so that when we found out it would still give us something to look forward to. With my Mom, she always went with "Santa doesn't wrap gifts" so the wrapped presents were from her making it more fun (now you know how I figured it out). I pretty sure I never believed in the Easter Bunny but I could be wrong and I found out about the Tooth Fairy after only a couple teeth fell out. (Mom had a mug with a few 50 cent pieces in it that she didn't know I was fascinated by, I found one under my pillow and one was missing from the mug...not rocket science.) Minion will definitely be brought up with fictional characters and I'm not worried one bit about him hating me later in life about it. I've never heard of someone freaking out on the world because there is no Santa, after all, there is still a special magic in the air around Christmas time (unless you work in a liquor store, then its 6-8 weeks of Hell. I guess most retail jobs might be the same). Why is it only Santa and the Easter Bunny we get pictures with? Why is there no giant leprechaun sitting in the middle of the mall for St. Patrick's Day or some scary Halloween-ish figure for Halloween? Who decided on which characters were more photogenic? Now I'm not saying all of these should be mall photo ops I'm just curious how Santa and the Bunny made the cut. At the end of the day, I think I'm going to pass on the Bunny. I hope I don't kick myself later but I really doubt I will.