how did you spend easter?
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i spend my easter in the church.\nafter praying to the god i reached home \nate my easter food thats it
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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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Gosh Rick.......\n\nYou came to my house and got the idea for this question didn't you? Ohhh admit it. *sigh* I didn't actually do it on purpose.....I'm just so busy that I'm about 2 months behind on everything. So it was valentines day and we prayed to baby jesus. Ok the kids forgave me for that one. It was shouting happy new year during the St. Paddy's day parade that they couldn't get into. But I gotta say.........we had the best Easter egg hunt ANYONE ever could have on Memorial Day.  I can't wait for the 4th of July so we can go trick or treating. See ya then!!!
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Nothing.  I celebrate the holiday Ostara, the one the Christians ripped off from the Wiccans to make into Easter.
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The day Easter is is determined this way.  Easter always falls on the first Sunday following the First full moon after the spring equinox.
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on palm Sunday or the Sunday before the resurrection when Jesus was going back to Israel he asked his followers to bring him a clean young donkey to carry him into the city \nfor the passover festival \nresurrection is the day (Easter Sunday) the Jesus rose from the dead \ni hope this helps if not then read the bible \nhave a happy and holy Easter weekend
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Easter, Halloween, Christmas, and others
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go to church have a big family get together, enjoy dinner and before it gets dark hide easter eggs back at the church for the church's kids to find
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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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:{\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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Easter was stolen from the Pagans.  We had it first.  I hope you all enjoy the following article.\n\n===================\n\nThe Old Ways: Spring\nby Doug and Sandy Kopf\n\nSpring (Earrach) or Vernal Equinox, on approximately March 21, is the mid-point of the Waxing Year. The spark of light that was born at Winter Solstice has reached maturity, and from this point forward, the days grow longer than the nights. This is the time of full Dawn, 6:00 a.m. on the Year Clock, and so was the time of the festivals of the Grecian Goddess, Eostre, and the Germanic Ostara, both Goddesses of Dawn. (It is from these Bright Ladies that the modern Easter holiday takes its name). This is the time that is often seen as the time of Kore’s return from the Underworld, where She (as Persephone) has ruled throughout the Winter. It is also the time of the celebration of the rebirth of Adonis the Beautiful.\n\nSpring is the time for a celebration of planting and of the greening of the Earth. The supermarket is a sign in itself, as the produce department begins to fill with fresh fruits and vegetables. People start to talk about having ‘Spring Fever’ and doing ‘Spring cleaning’, as the brighter sunshine provides a needed morale boost.\n\nNon-Pagans start to shop for Easter finery (putting on new clothes, just like the Earth Mother), or Passover foods, unaware that we are all truly celebrating the same thing: the Revitalization of the Earth, as She warms to the waxing rays of the Sun. We have survived another Winter and are\nonce more surrounded by the delights of Spring. Some authorities say that this was probably the time that the Christian Church should have chosen to celebrate as the birth date of Jesus, since this would have been the time for paying taxes in ancient Jerusalem and, according to the myth, Mary and Joseph were traveling to fulfill that obligation. It is also the season of lambing, the only time shepherds would ‘watch by night’.\n\nMany traditions associated with Spring Equinox have been retained over the years and grafted onto the Easter celebration. Even today, people arise early on Easter morning to attend ‘Sunrise Service’. (Remember Eostre, the Dawn Goddess?) If your group is not opposed to getting up early, a Dawn Circle to greet the Sun on the morning of the Equinox can be wonderful!  Legend says the Sun Dances and, if it is reflected in a bowl of clear water, you can see it for yourself! However, we would not recommend this if you are night-owls. It’s hard to put your whole heart into ritual when you are bleary-eyed and groggy. Festivals should be FUN, not tests of your determination!\n\nDecorated eggs have always been symbols of fertility. In 17th century France, gifts of decorated eggs were given to new brides, in hopes they would bear many children. In Germany, bowls full of eggs were given to the field-workers by the farmer’s wife, to insure a rich harvest. Many\ncultures see the egg as a symbol of Life, or the actual home of the soul.  The egg is the symbol of all good fortune in Russia and decorated eggs are still given as gifts to loved ones and buried in graves to insure rebirth.  These elaborate and ornate treasures are sometimes even set with precious stones. (Note: Faberge’ and Tiffany eggs)\nThe Old Ways: Spring\nby Doug and Sandy Kopf\n\nSpring (Earrach) or Vernal Equinox, on approximately March 21, is the mid-point of the Waxing Year. The spark of light that was born at Winter Solstice has reached maturity, and from this point forward, the days grow longer than the nights. This is the time of full Dawn, 6:00 a.m. on the Year Clock, and so was the time of the festivals of the Grecian Goddess, Eostre, and the Germanic Ostara, both Goddesses of Dawn. (It is from these Bright Ladies that the modern Easter holiday takes its name). This is the time that is often seen as the time of Kore’s return from the Underworld, where She (as Persephone) has ruled throughout the Winter. It is also the time o
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Watching my kids bounce on the trampoline with their little cousins, seeing my oldest daughter assist my youngest niece and nephew finding eggs, seeing my son have a full basket, and carrying more in his shirt, my youngest daughters ponytails getting static from jumping so much that her pony's puffed out in the air.\n\nSeeing my brother and his family together, my sister and her family together, my parents, having great BBQ that I didn't have to cook.\n\nThen after returning home, seeing the Dogwood Hill and deciding to click off a whole roll of film of the different things I saw in appreciation of Spring.\n\nHaving my husband FINALLY home from work.... and now I get to have a beer and enjoy time with him!!WOO HOO.. Yay Me for having the best day!!
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Since Easter is the celebration of Jesus Christ's resurrection, I would guess that reading one of the source documents about Christ's death and resurrection would be the most appropriate.  I would suggest a text from the New Testament, such as Matthew chapters 26-28.  If you wanted a shorter text, you could choose the first part of Matthew chapter 28.
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Easter Sunday in 2003 was April 20th.\n\nIf you need other holidays, try this website...\nhttp://www.timeanddate.com/calendar/custom.html?year=2003&country=1&hol=86073&moon=on
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Mostly the same way becuase everyone who celebrates easter in celebrating a christian holiday.  The only difference could be is food.  But most people do about the same thing.  Boil eggs, color them, eat the, eat candy, get new clothes, dress up easter sunday, go to church, be with the family.
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I went with my mother, grandmother and daughter to our church's mother-daughter banquet. we do this every year and then come home and hang out.\nFour generations!
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it would be nice if you would also ask what country everybody is from. Well I come from Germany and Easter we had Fish \nThanksgiving we just had a roast, x-mas we had a goose,and New years we had a rabbit. No I did not grow up on a farm ,these just were our family's believe. \nNow I'm in Canada and we have Easter Turkey and ham.Thanksgiving turkey, x-mas turkey and New year's we have Fish (Salmon)