{"id":60110,"date":"2011-04-21T18:20:46","date_gmt":"2011-04-21T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/?p=60110"},"modified":"2011-04-21T18:20:46","modified_gmt":"2011-04-21T18:20:46","slug":"easter-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/wholeliving\/2011\/04\/easter-traditions.html","title":{"rendered":"Easter Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/wholeliving\/files\/2011\/04\/beliefnetbunny.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-60114\" title=\"Easter\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/225\/2011\/04\/beliefnetbunny-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Spring has always been my favorite season and\u00a0\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/Easter\/index.aspx\">Easter<\/a>\u00a0my favorite holiday. Something about the green trees and sunny weather makes me optimistic and joyful.<\/p>\n<p>Growing up my family had many <a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/inspirationreport\/2011\/04\/what-the-resurrection-means-for-you-even-if-you-don%e2%80%99t-believe.html\">Easter<\/a>\u00a0traditions,\u00a0 each of them unique.<\/p>\n<p>We would wake up around 6am and go to church for an outdoor \u00a0sunrise service, followed by a Easter Breakfast in the fellowship hall.\u00a0 After prayer and pancakes, it was time to go work on the farm until church time.\u00a0When\u00a0church ended, \u00a0it was always Easter Baskets and lunch with the immediate and extended family. If the weather was nice we usually had an Easter\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Inspiration\/2007\/03\/Virtual-Easter-Egg-Hunt.aspx\">egg<\/a>\u00a0\u00a0hunt or dyed eggs if it was raining.<\/p>\n<p>What are your Easter <a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Love-Family\/Recipes\/Holidays\/Easter-Dinner-Made-Easy.aspx\">traditions<\/a>\u00a0?<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/Faiths\/Christianity\/Easter\/index.aspx\">Easter 2011<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spring has always been my favorite season and\u00a0\u00a0Easter\u00a0my favorite holiday. Something about the green trees and sunny weather makes me optimistic and joyful. Growing up my family had many Easter\u00a0traditions,\u00a0 each of them unique. 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