Easter...how was it for you....?
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I wish i could say them same, but i honestly had a horrible Easter this year. \n\nMy husband had to work all morning, so we couldnt go to the Easter church service. This is also my son's first Easter (he is 6 months old.) Since he is too young to do anything, we didnt really have plans for him.\n\nMy husband got home from work 2 hours late, because they were so busy. The minute he came home form work, i made dinner, but he fell asleep on the couch. He wouoldnt even wake up to eat dinner. \n\nAll of our familes live out of state, so i couldnt enjoy it with them. So, this year, for Easter, i ate dinner by myself while my husband took a nap on the couch. Horrible horrible day for me :(
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Before I answer the question I would just like to tip my hat to Mommyofive. Bravo, you know what you believe and why you believe it. You don't see that much these days ammong christians or even ammong my fellow pagans. \n\nTo answer your question Easter (also called oster or Ishtar) was a pagan firtility holiday that had practical uses in the region that it was observed. Keeping the pagan beliefs while changing the emphasis helped to bolster the early church as well as preventing a disruption of the traditions. Personally though, I would have put Xmass there as Jesus was born in Feb or March rather than the middle of winter.
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:{\nIve heard that the Easter bunny is an unfortunate hold over from previous pagan religious celebrations of birth, it goes well however with the concept of Christian rebirth
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Relatively well, considering most days here suck anyway...but since you were kind enough to ask, I'll fill you full of wishful thinking....my day was extravagant!! I woke to breakfast in bed, by a stranger that left immediately after serving me, only to walk into a steaming hot bath arranged especially to the likes of myself with a bottle of wine and bubbles galore...I called in sick to work and spent the day on this loving computer that gives me all the affection that I evidentally need to survive in the world by being a woman! Hope you have a GREAT night!
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:) Cadbury creme-filled eggs are definately a must-have Easter treat here in the States. Don't forget those Jelly-Belly Jelly Beans too.:) Happy Easter.
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I am going to the HERSHEY factory tomorrow (I am so EXCITED!!! can you tell?), Hanging out with my son, and making plans for Easter... that is it for my weekend (Unless you count cleaning, and cooking and doing 5 million loads of laundry, and studying)
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Well first of all I am a little hungry. Second, I have a slight headache steming from the tension in my neck. Third, my eyes are burning slightly because I went swimming & didn't remove my makeup, my right foot is still swollen & sore. I do however have my blood pressure under control. So i suppose I'm doing pretty good. Thx for asking. Oh yea...I did go to church this morning of my own will & I really enjoyed it!
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Easter was a pagen holiday, for fertility. I know this is cliche, but have you ever heard the term "Multipling like rabbits"? Ergo - Bunnies. I am not entirely certain that is why the bunny is there, but I am certain easter was a fertility holiday.
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Easter is a holiday celebrating the resurrection of Christ..
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We woke up one Sunday morning when I was seven. I actually remember this like it was yesterday because what happened that day left a lasting impression which I honestly believe guides my "religious" beliefs today.  Mom and Dad were getting ready for Church and Sunday School and I obediently did the same. My sister and I were all dressed in our Sunday best armed with crayons and paper to keep us occupied during the sermon. (Doesn't that speak for itself?) So we're in the car driving to church. We are literally 150 yards from the church when we are stopped at a red light. Were we to go straight, we would have entered the parking lot of the church and routinely parked our car and, as with every Sunday morning, gone into this huge edifice to "get saved." Were we to turn right......it would lead us down the road to temptation! You see the road led us to the Great Smokey Mountain National Park only a 30 minute drive away. It absolutely blew my mind when I saw my parents look at each other in the front seat without saying a word, smile and then my dad did something that would change my outlook forever. He turned right. \n\nWe didn't make it to church that day. Interestingly enough, we never went back to church at all. My dad turned right and immediately started beaming while accelerating the car and loosening his tie all in one split second. My mother turns back to us girls just gleaming and saying, "We're not going to go to church today. Let's go the moutains instead!" Ok, surely you had moments where you and your siblings just sat there thinking your parents had lost it. This was one of those moments. You see, my parents were amazing people. The epitome of responsibility. If this is what is expected of you, this is probably how you should do it. If you say you're going to do something, you don't let someone down.........you do it! Were they spontaneous? Hell no! I mean......heck no. (Afterall it IS Sunday.) So for my parents to just turn the car away from church and head out towards adventure, this meant something huge. \n\nWe spent that day hiking up to Laurel Falls. Oh I can not tell you how breathtaking this part of our country is. The mountains all around you with the water flowing off the steep terrain into the stream that runs through the rest of the  park. We took our Sunday shoes off as we hiked to this point. We stumbled over a few rocks and roots in the pathway. We stopped and took in the sights. My dad would teach us a few lessons along the way about flora and fauna. We watched the clouds and made up stories about each one as we pictured the fantasic creatures each air mass formed. It was an amazing journey up to the falls. Once we got there, we all sat on a rock in awe. We didn't speak for quite a while as we all just watched the water tumbling down the mountain. We didn't need to say a word. I'm sure we were all thinking the same thoughts, feeling the same amazement. \n\nI ask you, would have going to church made me closer to God than I actually was at that moment? \n\nAs I said, my parents were amazing people. They had it figured out. And the little lessons they taught me along the way helped me figure things out for myself as well. We all worship in our own way at our own times. We are all in awe of this world we live in and somehow know that the way we have evolved into what we are now was probably jump started by a force bigger than ourselves. What it is and how it manifests itself may become clear in due time. Meanwhile, we can be in awe of it in our own ways. \n\nLater in life I asked my dad about that day and why we never returned to church after that. I knew the answer, but so needed to hear his take. He told me that he knew my sister and I were gaining nothing by hearing "words" at our age. He wanted to help us learn by doing. What better way to appreciate the creation of the world than to be a part of it. People don't have to
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I love Easter...the spring, sunshine, lillies, daffodils, and of course, the resurrection of the Savior!
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I'm not but I can't wait for my daughter to. We always leave a trail of candy filled eggs from her bedroom to where ever we put her Easter basket. I can't wait to see the look on her face when she sees all the goodies the "Easter Bunny" has left her.!\n\nHave fun! :)
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Alot of people hide easter eggs. my mom and dad used to hide the baskets. My 2 brothers and I would run around looking for our baskets and if we find someone elses we couldn't tell where we found it or the Easter Bunny wouldn't come the following year! It was actually a ton of FUN!
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ROFL...this is funny,Dude...Hoppy Easter to you.lol
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my quince was super nice! i loved it! although it was a rushed one, which we planned in 3 days. \nbut we were able to get food, the cake, the drinks, the alcohol,the decorations, the church, the priest, the dress, and the music, AND mariachis, all in 3 days, pretty cool huh?\nmy family has connections so we were able to do this in a short amount of time. \nas you can tell, i did have a party and a mass. we live in the USA but we had my quince in Mexico city,  and i also got to travel. my parents sent me to Europe for 3 weeks with my sister, so my parent's didn't come along, it was just me and my sister. \ni had never been to europe before, but i enjoyed every moment of my trip. \ni hope your quince turns out GREAT!!!
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That darn Easter. Can it never make up its mind? What is a silly wabbit to do? It is always on a Sunday, so like Thanksgiving it is on different days in different years.
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Just great! God makes every day worth celebrating, no matter how good or bad it was. How was yours?