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Easter Sunday is a very significant festival for people who practice Christianity. Christians and Catholics alike get together soon after Lent ends to attend church services, consider passages from the Bible related to Easter, and celebrate Sundays that are reminiscent of springtime. For millennia, families have found meaningful ways to commemorate Easter thanks to the customs that have evolved over time in America and around the globe.
Even while there is a lot of satisfaction in dressing up for Easter, preparing food for a delicious brunch, or designing imaginative and intricate egg hunts, today we’re going to take a trip down memory lane to examine both religious and secular Easter traditions. You’ll find classic methods to commemorate the holiday in this assortment of sentimental, frequently black and white images. So take a seat and get ready for a whole lot of happy vibes!
Some of these Easter customs, like making a cake or serving egg rolls, may already be a part of your celebration; but, if you’re searching for something new, making a fresh batch of hot cross buns or donning a brightly colored bonnet might be the ideal addition! Also, don’t forget to check out our top Easter party cocktails, sophisticated yet simple Easter appetizers, and the tastiest Easter snacks if you’ll be hosting friends and family this year after church.
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Send lilies for Easter.
Easter lilies are deeply symbolic in many cultures around the world, representing innocence and optimism. The flowers are said to have appeared in the Garden of Gethsemane following Christ’s betrayal and where his tears and blood spilled during his crucifixion.
Two Easter eggs to dye
We still dye Easter eggs now for the same reason—our forebears passed along their enjoyable Eastertime pastime. Take a look at this vintage snapshot of a young woman painting holiday decorations—not to mention the cute little chick perched on her shoulder. Take a creative approach to this custom by utilizing these adorable Easter egg decoration ideas.
3 Go in Search of Easter Eggs
Again, some things never change. Children in the United States look through their living room in this early 1900s photo.
4 Prepare a Cake
This is the one Easter custom that cannot be compromised. Easter cake should always be available. In honor of the rabbit, your grandmother—if she’s anything like ours—usually makes an Easter treat that tastes like carrots.
5.Serve the Timeless Recipes
We’re talking about classic Easter fare like carrots, deviled eggs, and ham or lamb chops.
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Consume hollow chocolate bunnies.
Have you ever wondered why the filling on this staple Easter treat is generally empty? There is a method to the madness, according to R.M. Palmer, one of the original manufacturers of chocolate rabbit confections: dental health. According to Mark Schlott, executive vice president of operations, “you’d be breaking teeth if you had a larger-sized bunny, and it was solid chocolate; it would be like a brick.
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Kites in the Air
This Good Friday custom is said to have started in Bermuda, when a local schoolteacher showed his students Jesus’s ascent into heaven using a kite. Since then, the yearly Good Friday Kite Festival has drawn throngs of Bermudians to Horseshoe Bay Beach.
8. Give your feet a wash
This Christian custom of celebrating Holy Thursday has its roots in the Bible. Members of the congregation were asked to have their priest wash their feet on Passover, as Jesus did in the Gospel of John. However, only men were eligible to receive the symbolic gesture until 2016.
9 Attend church
It is, after all, the purpose of the season. John F. and Jackie Kennedy are shown here in 1963 attending Easter church with their children, John and Caroline. Some may remember Easter sunrise services or Easter Vigils. Speaking of which, these early morning masses, which have been celebrated since 1773, represent Mary’s visit to Jesus’ empty tomb at first light after his resurrection.
10 Play Audio
It’s likely that your grandmother and grandfather participated in the church choir or band or the neighborhood Easter parade.
11 Baptize Infants
For an especially poignant custom, many Christian churches will christen during services on Easter Sunday. Barbara Davis Sherry was christened on Easter 1948 by Bette Davis and William Grant Sherry.
12 Don Your Best Sunday Clothes
Easter Sunday required the entire family to appear put together, especially if you planned to attend church.
13 Present Cocoa Eggs
Some things never go out of style, like chocolate. The origins of chocolate eggs, one of the most beloved Easter delicacies, date back to the 1800s.
14 Put on an Easter bonnet, complete with all the trimmings! The lyrics of the Irving Berlin song from 1933 state, “You’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter parade.”
15 Keep Your Loved Ones Near by
Above all, our grandparents undoubtedly excelled at appreciating one another and seizing the present more than anyone else.