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Easter

Easter 
Just like every other holiday, Easter comes with its own universal traditions and its own family traditions, most people creating an easy blend of both. The Easter egg, a simple and logical representation of everything new, has been hidden for children for centuries.  >> more
 
What Makes an Easter Egg an Easter Egg? 
Some people attribute the Easter traditions that we celebrate to Paganism and their rites of passage and re-birth in the spring while others remark that it was Mary Magdalene that presented the first Easter egg after Christ’s resurrection, painting it red to symbolize the blood of Christ. Either way, the egg represents life, newness, the ability to break from a living death and become a spirit of wholeness and honor.  >> more
 
Easter Mass 
Easter Mass is a timeless tradition that dates back almost to the death of Christ. It celebrates the resurrection and offers hope and glory for millions and millions of Catholics throughout the world.  >> more
 
When is Easter? 
Despite the appearance as you flip through several years worth of calendars, there is a method to the madness that determines Easter far beyond simply slapping it on a calendar at random.  >> more
 
Easter at the Vatican 
Naturally a religious event such as this is bound to draw critics and some people focused on the Mass as the Catholic Church’s podium speech on social politics. Some believe that the Catholic Mass should focus on Catholic issues rather than address the nation as a political power.  >> more
 
What is Palm Sunday 
In Christianity, Palm Sunday is always held the Sunday before Easter. The Christian calendar allows for Easter Sunday to fall on any given Sunday between March 15th and April 18th.  >> more
 
Easter Dinner Traditions 
Easter Dinner is another one of those traditions that has lost meaning for a lot of people. Factor in the Easter Bunny, family we see only once or twice a year, and a bit of undue stress, and the honesty in Easter Dinner gets lost in the mix.  >> more
 
History of the Easter Bunny 
In terms of more recent traditions the character that we in the West would call the “Easter Bunny”, in our minds, is often a big, almost lifelike, character.  A giant loveable and friendly white bunny who is as real as Santa Claus and the Tooth Fairy.  >> more
 
 
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