Easter Holiday is comparable to Labor Day Week End in the USA. Same weather. Autumn, short days long nights with a nip in the air. In USA Easter always translates into SPRING TIME. In New Zealand it is the gentle prelude into Winter.
When I was a child I loved Easter. It meant new clothes for Church! Easter Parades... Judy Garland singing "Put on Your Easter Bonnet, with all the frills upon it..."
The Easter Bunny leaving us baskets full of candies. The long Easter Cantatas, Church Services and most of all there was always some kind of a SPRING STORM. Even snow.
I will never forget reading a book for children about Easter in Russia. The gorgeous eggs decorated in jewels. Easter Egg Hunts... I also recall the photos of MAY DAY POLES being wrapped in brilliant colored ribbons of cloth.
The origin of most holidays evolved from pagan celebrations hundreds of years ago. Religion revised many of those seasonal jubilees to fit into their doctrines... thus we have holidays that are linked to beliefs in Christianity and not the evil of many GODS?
Sometimes I think having many Gods would be wonderful, but instead we get to blame everything on one GOD! He created everything...
We will be closing this house in two weeks... return to USA on the 25th.
HOLIDAYS! WHEEeeeeee... I spend Thanksgiving in Utah, Christmas in New Zealand. New Years in New Zealand. Valentine's Day in New Zealand. St. Patrick's Day in New Zealand. Easter in NZ but, the biggest holiday is my coming to this great country 5 months a year and every day is a holiday beyond imagination.
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Happy memories of times gone by. I also remember the May pole as a child and wondered why we don't dance and sing with ribbons to celebrate?
We look forward to seeing you once again, but sad that you only come here to work so hard.
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