Hows the Easter in your country?

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

In addition to the easter egg hunt, the easter bunny makes an appearance at our house.

When the kids wake up in the morning, they follow the trail left by the bunny (in the form of jelly bean "droppings") to find their baskets hidden out in the garden. Then they use their baskets to collect the hidden eggs.

We also use plastic eggs in addition to hand-dyed eggs. Chocolates and toys are hidden inside the eggs. I loved the expression on my kids' faces in their early years, when they cracked open those eggs and found candy!

P.S. Thank you so much for sharing these traditions. I find them fascinating, and want to honor my Czech roots on Monday. . . .

~smiles~

I find it fascinating as well to read how people celebrate the Easter all around the world!

Still getting new ideas how to make the Easter more special for my kids and I already know they will love it very much. Makes me smile. The thing with the bunny trail sounds like fun they would love, think I will do that as well!!

Thank you for sharing, eastern sun!

 

[bailadora]

lol I told them. (yes I dunno sshhhh very well)


They love the idea of smacking the eggs against my head. lol

- It's not just the kids. We have to really watch out for my granny - she's sneaky! I recommend a fine toothed comb for getting the confetti out of your hair. As for the rest of it, if you have even a little patch of a garden to run around in, you could just let the confetti dissolve into the ground (esp if it is tissue paper).

 

[chauderlos]

The Osterlammele, traditional in Alsace, is quite similar to the one BiF told us about.
I wonder where it originated and how it travelled.
Records of this traditions are dating back to 1519.

Traditionally, it was decorated either with a paper flag, white and yellow for the Catholics (colours of the Holy See) or white and red for others (colours of the Alsatian flag)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lammele1.jpg/300px-Lammele1.jpg


It seems that chocolate and eggs are brought, around the world, by the Easter rabbit. In France, it is said that they are brought by the church bells, as they come back from Rome.

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

- It's not just the kids. We have to really watch out for my granny - she's sneaky! I recommend a fine toothed comb for getting the confetti out of your hair. As for the rest of it, if you have even a little patch of a garden to run around in, you could just let the confetti dissolve into the ground (esp if it is tissue paper).

Think I am sneaky too! lol

And thank you for the tip with the tip with the confetti!!

 

[BiaTcHiNFiRe]

The Osterlammele, traditional in Alsace, is quite similar to the one BiF told us about.
I wonder where it originated and how it travelled.
Records of this traditions are dating back to 1519.

Traditionally, it was decorated either with a paper flag, white and yellow for the Catholics (colours of the Holy See) or white and red for others (colours of the Alsatian flag)

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Lammele1.jpg/300px-Lammele1.jpg


It seems that chocolate and eggs are brought, around the world, by the Easter rabbit. In France, it is said that they are brought by the church bells, as they come back from Rome.

Yea your Osterlammele is like our lamb cake! Dunno where it's originated, but there would be no Easter without the lamb cake in Czech. Everyone bakes one or buy one in here. It's a must. Yummy one!! hehe

Thank you for sharing, chauderlos!