BigPapaDean Posted April 4, 2012 Member ID: 1128 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 78 Topic Count: 1210 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6553 Content Per Day: 1.18 Reputation: 4430 Achievement Points: 63653 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 6 Joined: 02/13/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 18 Birthday: 10/21/1954 Device: Windows Posted April 4, 2012 Its the time of year when traditions are an important part of most peoples lives and I was just wandering what kinds of things do you do to celebrate Easter of a similar holiday at this time of year. I know a lot of people go to church this one day out of the year. Children love to hunt Easter eggs. I have heard of families have a traditional dinner of baked glazed ham and deviled eggs. I would love to learn about things you do to remember this season! Awards
BurnnBright Posted April 4, 2012 Member ID: 22339 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 168 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1722 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 685 Achievement Points: 13018 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 01/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 8 Birthday: 03/20/1972 Device: Windows Posted April 4, 2012 Hi Dean! Great question! We are a traditional southern family so Easter always consists of church and eating. The church is packed on Easter because so many only go that one time a year. We try to attend regularly all year round. I miss the days of dressing two little girls up in pretty dresses and new shoes. Our church is a bit more modern and only a few people still get really dressed up. Since our girls are grown now, there's no more egg hunting for our family. We dye eggs every year and have a blast doing it. Bama is the egg dying master!!! He's so creative! We like to be non-traditional when it comes to egg dyeing and we make our eggs look like other things. (basketballs, zombies, flowers, mosaics, Van Gogh's Starry Night, etc.) We usually meet up with family after church and have a big meal. Ham is a staple on Easter Sunday or Resurrection Sunday as I like to refer to it. We have traditional southern style macaroni and cheese along with vegetables, cooked southern style of course, and LOTS of iced sweet tea. Dyed eggs make for colorful egg salad and deviled eggs. Since strawberries are in season, I usually make strawberry shortcake and we have a couple other desserts too. A nap typically follows the big meal. BigPapaDean and BeerGoat 2 Awards
Cavey Posted April 4, 2012 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted April 4, 2012 We rarely go to church, but with my son just turning 2, I'm excited about hiding the eggs, and recording my son and wife hunting for them. This will be followed by a nice roast dinner with my wife's parents. BigPapaDean 1
DEEJAYKEG Posted April 4, 2012 Member ID: 1238 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 35 Topic Count: 1207 Topics Per Day: 0.22 Content Count: 6083 Content Per Day: 1.10 Reputation: 4985 Achievement Points: 50728 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 11 Joined: 03/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 11, 2024 Posted April 4, 2012 Just a special meal with the family, these days. With our son grown up and a fitness fanatic, we no longer buy chocolate eggs. BigPapaDean 1 Awards
Jud1 Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 3348 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 26 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 123 Content Per Day: 0.03 Reputation: 82 Achievement Points: 1055 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 3 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: July 10, 2012 Birthday: 04/13/1968 Posted April 5, 2012 When we grew up .. we used to "roll" eggs down a hill ,.... we'd hard boil them and then paint them up and then go to a hill nearby and roll them down it ... can't for the life of me remember what the point of that was .. though a quick google gave me this ( and I come from Lancashire ) In the United Kingdom the tradition of rolling decorated eggs down grassy hills goes back hundreds of years and is known as "pace-egging", from the Old English Pasch meaning Pesach or Passover. In Lancashire there are annual egg rolling competitions at Avenham Park in Preston and at Holcome Hill near Ramsbottom. There is an old Lancashire legend that says the broken eggshells should be carefully crushed afterwards or they will be stolen and used as boats by witches. I have to say .. I love Bill Hicks take on it "I was over in Australia during easter, which was intersting. Interesting to note they celebrate Easter the same way we do; commemorating the death and resurrection of Jesus by telling our children a giant bunny rabbit, left chocolate eggs in the night. Now, I wonder why we’re fucked up as a race, anybody? Anybody got any clues out there? Where do you get this shit from you know? Why those two things you know? Why not ‘Goldfish left Lincoln Logs in your sock drawer’ you know? As long as we’re making shit up, go hog wild you know. At least a goldfish with a Lincoln Log on it's back goin' across your floor to your sock drawer has a miraculous conotation to it. 'Mummy, I woke today and there was a Lincoln Log in me sock drawer!'. 'That's the story of Jesus'. Who comes up with this shit?! I’ve read the Bible. I can’t find the words ‘bunny’ or ‘chocolate’ anywhere in that fucking book". BigPapaDean 1
BurnnBright Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 22339 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 17 Topic Count: 168 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 1722 Content Per Day: 0.46 Reputation: 685 Achievement Points: 13018 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 7 Joined: 01/13/15 Status: Offline Last Seen: April 8 Birthday: 03/20/1972 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 LOL Good point Jud1. We never taught our kids about the Easter Bunny or any other imaginary figure. We didn't want to lie to them. We still buy them chocolate bunnies though. Jud1 and BigPapaDean 2 Awards
HarryWeezer Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 20166 Group: ***- Inactive Clan Members Followers: 40 Topic Count: 611 Topics Per Day: 0.14 Content Count: 7655 Content Per Day: 1.81 Reputation: 7232 Achievement Points: 53682 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 36 Joined: 10/04/13 Status: Offline Last Seen: March 26 Birthday: 10/16/1946 Device: Windows Posted April 5, 2012 We hunt rabbits. BigPapaDean 1 Awards
JohnnyQuest Posted April 5, 2012 Member ID: 1965 Group: Fallen Members Followers: 0 Topic Count: 43 Topics Per Day: 0.01 Content Count: 1176 Content Per Day: 0.22 Reputation: 1082 Achievement Points: 8599 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 11/12/10 Status: Offline Last Seen: June 15, 2016 Birthday: 02/11/1969 Posted April 5, 2012 i hide two dollar and one dollar coins in plastic break open eggs around the property and watch nieces and nephews fight and scramble to see who gets the most cash...pretty funny actually....then a huge dinner of ham i believe this year..followed by a lovely java and a huge bong..he he BigPapaDean 1
Cavey Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 92 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 42 Topic Count: 97 Topics Per Day: 0.02 Content Count: 2241 Content Per Day: 0.39 Reputation: 606 Achievement Points: 13358 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/02/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: May 11, 2020 Birthday: 06/09/1977 Posted April 6, 2012 LOL Good point Jud1. We never taught our kids about the Easter Bunny or any other imaginary figure. We didn't want to lie to them. We still buy them chocolate bunnies though. WOW. So your kids never got to experience the excitement of Santa!!! Sorry but that is sad BigPapaDean 1
StormCrow Posted April 6, 2012 Member ID: 480 Group: *** Clan Members Followers: 74 Topic Count: 266 Topics Per Day: 0.05 Content Count: 2701 Content Per Day: 0.47 Reputation: 5075 Achievement Points: 46666 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 37 Joined: 09/21/09 Status: Offline Last Seen: 6 hours ago Birthday: 03/11/1975 Device: Windows Posted April 6, 2012 i hide two dollar and one dollar coins in plastic break open eggs around the property and watch nieces and nephews fight and scramble to see who gets the most cash...pretty funny actually....then a huge dinner of ham i believe this year..followed by a lovely java and a huge bong..he he My folks do the same thing for my kids. Put change and little bits of chocolate in the plastic eggs. Then we are having turkey and ham dinner. BigPapaDean 1 Awards
F4irydust Posted April 7, 2012 Member ID: 3353 Group: **- Inactive Registered Users Followers: 3 Topic Count: 3 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 22 Content Per Day: 0.00 Reputation: 11 Achievement Points: 157 Solved Content: 0 Days Won: 0 Joined: 04/04/12 Status: Offline Last Seen: January 16, 2018 Birthday: 02/21/1984 Posted April 7, 2012 well personally i enjoy to by the candy coated chocolate easter eggs and allow my children to paint their own easter eggs with food colouring then we hid extra eggs in the flat and make them follow clues to find them. BigPapaDean 1
Recommended Posts