Easter Traditions

A friend of mine asked: "What's your Easter tradition? Do you hide the colored eggs, candy, basket?" Here is our story.

Growing up, we always were able to choose our chocolate bunny and candy that we wanted. Oh the decisions, a pink bowed chocolate bunny or a blue bowed chocolate bunny. We always went to church and had a special meal.

My little family focuses on the sacrificial gift and great love of Jesus. We hang a Hallelujah sign under the mantel as part of our Easter decorations. We sing our praises in church on Palm Sunday. We keep our palms in a vase on the mantel the whole year long.

On Palm Sunday we then take away the Hallelujah sign and put it in a box with a cross on it and it sits on the mantel. We cannot say Hallelujah until the joyous morning of Easter, when Jesus Christ is risen indeed. A great Hallelujah indeed. Our Easter morning tradition before church is to re-hang the Hallelujah sign under the mantel with such praise, joy, and thanks to the greatest gift of ever present and eternal Love ever given to any of us! We like to make He Is Risen Rolls and gather with family for dinner and time together.

We are in church practically every day during Holy Week. We see the altar stripped, the dark Good Friday service, and the celebration of Easter Morning. I ring bells in church and ringing the exciting Easter music is my happiest moment on Easter. We give candy-less baskets and eggs (my boy will not eat candy), as a side part of Easter.

(Since the sign is on the mantel, I have no picture - wait until Easter!) 

We've created new traditions, kept some of the old ones, and now I'm curious about yours. . . .