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I became so interested in Easter traditions this week because so many people visited. It is a shame that more people did not leave their family Easter Traditions in the comments section. I was really hoping to post all of the great ones that I hear this week. I know that one that was mentioned time and time again is dying Easter eggs. Today is our big Easter egg dying day and I am so excited! I think that we are going to have a blast. I know that the smell of vinegar can turn some off the the entire thing but I think that it is important for people to give it a try!
Another tradition that people mentioned is spending time with family. This is what the holidays are all about. Being in a room with the people who share your gene pool. I know that for a lot of people this can be the down side to a holiday but I think that without the mother who wants to know when you are going to have another baby, the stinky grandparent and the kid who is eating dirt there are no memories. These are the people who have formed us into the person we are today. They really are the fabric of our lives. If we love ourselves then we have to love them. It is a guilt by association thing.
The Easter bunny is a tradition that I had forgotten to mention. I cannot believe that I left him out! Here is a little bit of Easter Bunny History! It is said that the Easter Bunny has been around before Easter. I know this is hard to believe! He is said to have originated in Germany in the 1600s. The Easter bunny can either just leave a basket out in plain site or he can hide it. In our house he is always hiding it here and there. The kids have a blast trying to find it and figure out whose is whose. I wish he had more time to write a name or two down.
There is one more tradition that I forgot to mention. The Easter Bonnet has always been my love of Easter. There are not many times in this day in age that a lady can wear a hat without people looking at her funny. I think that the hats and the white gloves just make Easter what everyday used to be. I wish that we all still dressed to the nines like this for church. I think that it is sad that it is now acceptable to wear jeans and a tee to Church. You should be in your Sunday best. That used to mean a hat and Gloves. Now it means jeans? What are we thinking people? Either way, Easter is a time when we can dust the hat off and slip the gloves on and walk a little taller! Oh and do not forget to play the song Easter Parade when you are walking down the street in your bonnet and gloves!
Becca
I would still love to learn some more about what Easter traditions your family has. Please let me know in the comment section. I think it adds to the fun!
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we don’t do anything really super special. We just do the usual colour eggs the night before thing but easter a.m. we get up have guess what.. hard boiled eggs and bacon for breakfast.. then we put on an easter egg hunt in the backyard. This year will be the first year our O (soon to be 2) will get to participate. He is going to be so excited.
My youngest is almost 2 also. May is the big 2 birthday. I think that she will have a blast this year also. I just cannot wait. I had never thought of using those hard boiled eggs for Easter breakfast.
Becca
Wow, I didn’t know that the Easter Bunny originated in Germany. I’m not surprised though because there are lots of religious traditions in Germany. The Passion Play in Oberammergau has been going on since the 17th century and is performed once every 10 years.
Our easter tradition is having the entire family around and painting the easter eggs and adding some ornaments to it. We also have those plastic eggs and put money in it and have the kids look for it. A worthwhile experience especially if the whole family is present.
Weather permitting we usually try to fly kites. It’s been the thing that both my husband & I grew up doing so it’s nice to pass that down to our children too. I always remember looking for the milk chocolate easter eggs, not the plastic ones, on Easter morning and the Easter bunny would hide our Easter baskets. I have wonderful memories of Easter as a kid and want my children to have those memories as well.
The Easter Bunny hides our baskets as well. I love the Easter Tradition of flying kites. I think that it sounds like a lot of fun. You must live somewhere that there is a lot of wind! I have wonderful memories as well although I have to admit that the looks on the girls faces are wonderful as well. Thank you so much for sharing!
Becca