BS: Easter Eggs query

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: Ebbie
Date: 08 Apr 02 - 12:10 AM

I too grew up with just hardcooked eggs and jelly beans for Easter. Never even heard of egg rolling- we had Easter egg hunts though.

Here in Juneau back about 4 years ago (knowing my memory, that probably means it's been 10 years!) the community had to start holding the egg hunt indoors.

See, the year before, they had hidden 100 eggs in a grassy area and then gone to the hall to greet the children.

It seems that ravens had been watching every move. When the organizers and children came back for the great event, they literally didn't find one whole egg. The ravens had enjoyed them all.

Ebbie

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: GUEST
Date: 09 Apr 02 - 12:12 AM

We had a dozen different ways to use the hardboiled ones - the strangest being creamed eggs (chopped up) on toast.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: Gypsy
Date: 09 Apr 02 - 09:11 PM

Errrr....don't say that Passover and Easter really have anything in common very loudly. You might get some real protests on that one. Anyway, top of the head explanation? Eggs are the symbol of life. So is Jesus. On Easter, people were looking for him. That is the whole story for our religion. The one line: He's not here.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: GUEST,No Protest
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 05:55 AM

On Passover a lamb's blood was placed on the lentel and post so the plague upon the first born son would passover the home.

On Easter, it is a celebration of Christ's blood being placed within our lives so God will passover our sins and the visual celbration of Christ's power over death.

It was not "just coincidental" that Christ, "the Lamb of God" was crucified on the eve-of the Passover.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: Gypsy
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 07:28 PM

interesting concept.

Subject: RE: BS: Easter Eggs query
From: Dicho (Frank Staplin)
Date: 10 Apr 02 - 08:24 PM

The Ukrainians trace their decorated Easter eggs back to pagan times. Some have revived the old pagan decorations and I have several of these. Eggs were the symbol of rebirth, and their use in ceremonies is pre-Christian.