<BGSOUND src="http://luvdove.www4.50megs.com/easter/easterparade2.mid" loop=infinite> I love Easter and the springtime. As a little girl, I could hardly wait to color our eggs on Saturday night and awaited, with much anticipation, for Easter morning to look for the Easter Basket left for me. This is the most joyous celebration of the year. We celebrate the resurrection promise of eternal life and the newness and rebirth of spring. As with most holidays, Easter has its roots in Christianity. Many early Christians were pagans, or gentiles, converted to Christianity. It wasn't easy to give up old ways. During that time they celebrated each spring and gave tribute to the goddess, Eastre, their goddess of offspring and springtime. When the missionaries baptized them into Christianity, they allowed these new Christians to celebrate their pagan holidays, only in a Christian manner. The pagan festival of Eastre happened during the same time as the observance of Christ's Resurrection, so the missionaries changed the festival into a Christian celebration. Eastre was eventually changed to Easter. EASTER FACTS The custom of giving eggs has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Greeks and Roman. The egg symbolized life.To the Egyptians, the egg was a token of the renovation of mankind after the Flood.To the Jewish faith, the egg symbolizes their exodus from Egypt.To Christians, the egg symbolizes the Resurrection of Christ.Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday after the full moon of the Spring Equinox which happens on or around March 21. Animations from:IBAN ClipartAnimated Gif Archive Midi from:Easter Midis FastCounter by bcentral April 1, 2000
I love Easter and the springtime. As a little girl, I could hardly wait to color our eggs on Saturday night and awaited, with much anticipation, for Easter morning to look for the Easter Basket left for me.
This is the most joyous celebration of the year. We celebrate the resurrection promise of eternal life and the newness and rebirth of spring.
As with most holidays, Easter has its roots in Christianity. Many early Christians were pagans, or gentiles, converted to Christianity. It wasn't easy to give up old ways. During that time they celebrated each spring and gave tribute to the goddess, Eastre, their goddess of offspring and springtime. When the missionaries baptized them into Christianity, they allowed these new Christians to celebrate their pagan holidays, only in a Christian manner. The pagan festival of Eastre happened during the same time as the observance of Christ's Resurrection, so the missionaries changed the festival into a Christian celebration. Eastre was eventually changed to Easter.
Animations from:IBAN ClipartAnimated Gif Archive
