A Commonplace Book

Category: Easter...

  • Easter at St. Peter's in Rome or on the island of Mykonos
  • a sunrise service in the Rocky Mountains
  • community Easter egg hunts
  • the first observance of Easter, around the second century, though the commemoration of Jesus' Resurrection probably occurred earlier
  • the 40 days before Easter, for penance and fasting
  • the Easter candle, denoting the appearance of light out of the darkness
  • Easter eggs arising from using the eggs lain during Holy Week (when it was forbidden to eat them); also the Orthodox red-painted eggs, symbolizing the blood Jesus shed on the cross
  • in Switzerland, the cuckoo bringing the Easter eggs
  • In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you'll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade. (Irving Berlin)
  • Easter lilies
  • Easter shopping, the window to spring

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