~~~ "Come Plant Your Keister, Today is Easter!" ~~~
^^^^ Sign seen outside a place of workship 
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~~~ Happy Easter to all! ~~~
Naturally, we've largely lost the meaning of the Day.
At least in this country, type in Easter and you'll find eggs, bunnies, and SALES!!! Like Christmas, it's another reason to SELL SELL SELL.
Ah well, I have some friends who love Easter services, I'm more of a quiet observer of the spring season but always interested in the history of the feast.
History, Baby!
The exact origins of this religious feast day’s name are unknown. Some sources claim the word Easter is derived from Eostre, a Teutonic goddess of spring and fertility. Other accounts trace Easter to the Latin term hebdomada alba, or white week, an ancient reference to Easter week and the white clothing donned by people who were baptized during that time. Through a translation error, the term later appeared as esostarum in Old High German, which eventually became Easter in English. In Spanish, Easter is known as Pascua; in French, Paques. These words are derived from the Greek and Latin Pascha or Pasch, for Passover. Jesus’ crucifixion and resurrection occurred after he went to Jerusalem to celebrate Passover (or Pesach in Hebrew), the Jewish festival commemorating the ancient Israelites’ exodus from slavery in Egypt. Pascha eventually came to mean Easter.
Did You Know?
Easter is really an entire season of the Christian church year, as opposed to a single-day observance. Lent, the 40-day period leading up to Easter Sunday, is a time of reflection and penance and represents the 40 days that Jesus spent alone in the wilderness before starting his ministry, a time in which Christians believe he survived various temptations by the devil. The day before Lent, known as Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, is a last hurrah of food and fun before the fasting begins. The week preceding Easter is called Holy Week and includes Maundy Thursday, which commemorates Jesus’ last supper with his disciples; Good Friday, which honors the day of his crucifixion; and Holy Saturday, which focuses on the transition between the crucifixion and resurrection. The 50-day period following Easter Sunday is called Eastertide and includes a celebration of Jesus’ ascension into heaven.
In addition to Easter’s religious significance, it also has a commercial side, as evidenced by the mounds of jelly beans and marshmallow chicks that appear in stores each spring. As with Christmas, over the centuries various folk customs and pagan traditions, including Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets and candy, have become a standard part of this holy holiday.
http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/history-of-easter
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It's called Semana Santa and is a huge holiday week. Those who don't get it off mysteriously get "sick" and everything pretty much comes to a halt. It's a big family holiday with the beach as a favorite destination. There are all kinds of religious activities and each day is treated differently.
They don't do chocolates or eggs or baskets or any of that stuff. The easter dinner tends to be simple, as these are still very holy days.
Oh, and there are police and military checkpoints in town to make sure that the bad guys stay away.
Anyway, I've made a rather traditional easter dinner and am having friends over.
Hope you are doing the same!
I mean the engineer in me is fascinated at the material's properties and potential applications.
Giant temperpedic Peep mattress?
Peep pillows, Peep chairs?
Peep packing pebbles?
Peep weatherstripping on a roll!
If I had some, I would give them all to you!
And I left my car out -- as I am want to do when Spring hits.
So I am trapped here until they plow the roads (few are paved here) or until it melts and the roads turn to utter soup.
So all I have are food, martinis, Manhattans, and Peeps. I think I'll get by.
Sounds like you are set. Wish I could have you down for dinner.
I'm thinking that your sandwich falls well within the range of appropriate meals.
Happy day!
Need a new slogan, "Don't Get Lost, Happy Pentacost!"
I have missed you and hope you had a wonderful break during lent.
Nothing has changed other than it's become clearer and clearer who the real enemy is and why we need to consolidate our efforts against them.
May you be surrounded by family and love and very good food.
In that place where "pagan" observation and more formal Christian celebrations merge and overlap, the Easter Holiday makes good sense given the natural phenomena this time of year, in the Northern hemisphere, at least.
Stale Peeps are better to bite, for me.
in natural foods and such calls them (and potato chips) "evil". I am sure she is correct. I just, this last week, finished paying off a loan I had to take out for major dental work two years ago... I now have a rule about eating stuff that isn't good for my teeth and body. I would probably die if I lost my teeth, can't imagine having false teeth, I would probably stop eating and die.
Peeps are on my, throw-it-out list and "don't even look at that" list now. Once upon a time I actually liked them, but the thought of having serious dental surgery again is a pretty good deterrent.
Hope you can enjoy them... have a couple for me! BTW, what colors and shapes do you prefer?
They aren't nearly as creepy as that other weird candy food:
Circus peanuts:
I think you're smart about diet, and as we get older these things matter a LOT, we aren't nearly as resilient as the youngsters!
Those peanut things became a serious turn-off when I was a kid, and for a candy-consuming kid, that's saying something, that's just how nasty they are.
As I age, my diet continues to be reset by my body's acceptability mandates... an ongoing process.
No no no, Exodus and Easter-- not directly connected.
Exodus:
Easter:
Well that seems an accurate characterization.
Of course, the word "exodus" is mentioned in the OP article in a most tangential way:
The post is clearly historical, Passover is an actual holiday, as is Easter, and the article makes no claims about the exodus being an historical fact.
Talk about cruising for a fight where there's no argument to be had.
Good to see yas!
Hope you're healing well SKP!
Hope you are well NYC_SKP. Happy Easter.
"Come Paint Your Keister, Today is Easter!" and wondered if that was some tradition I'd never heard of. Clearly I haven't had enough caffiene yet.
something more like a fallen soufflé.
if you know what I mean.
