MyBaby - My Easter and why there were no egg hunts!!

My Easter and why there were no egg hunts!!

Posted March 25, 2008 at 9:29AM in Family Living General by benbaby | Back

Goofing around with my babies - Big and Lil

My Easter celebrations.

Easter Sunday, as I recollect even from my childhood days, has always been a quiet day and the celebrations were spiritual and inward rather than social.

Since I did not grow up with the US traditions, we didn't play any Easter Egg games or do any egg crafts. The day begins by the family members attending the Sunrise Mass in church. Easter Sunday brings to an end 50 days of fasting. It's a day when the family and relatives get together and part take in the grand dinner. After skipping meat and dairy products for 50 days we all look forward to a sumptuous meal. After a heavy meal we lie around chatting with each other. In the evening we either receive visitors or go out to meet friends and relatives.

Lately I have been wondering whether to maintain the old traditions or to encourage my one year old to celebrate easter in a fun way like all our neighbours do now. Its a difficult decision, but I guess I have some time to think about it since it would be few years before my son is old enough to notice the differences.

Tags: easter, celebration, egg hunts

Comments

dustbunny responded March 25, 2008 at 10:45AM

dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

Now that is very interesting...where did you grow up?

vtmomof2 responded March 25, 2008 at 10:52AM

Life is crazy but wonderful.

Where did you grow up? I find it very interesting how you celebrated easter. I think you should celebrate both ways. I think you can incorporate some of the fun activities of the US culture, but you should continue and teach your cultural traditions to your child. It is so important to embrace the special cultural traditions with our children, this is how these traditions continue. I have been studying intercultural communications in college, and we have been learning how cultures develop. They are learned, and if we don't teach them, they fade. It sounds like you have a wonderful tradition that you enjoyed as a child, and you should teach your child this tradition. If you want your child to also know the US tradition then incorporate it. You can create a whole new tradition.

dustbunny responded March 25, 2008 at 12:11AM

dishing the dirt, cleaning the chaos

vt mom of 2- good point...I like the combo-custom idea. It makes everything that much more special.