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Bombshell 
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 Posted: 20 March 2008 at 9:57pm |
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im not lapsed anything...except chocoholic!!!
yep means easter eggs and time off work! boating tomorrow and meeting up with friends etc..over the weekend
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Posted: 20 March 2008 at 10:20pm |
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Chocolate, chocolate and more chocolate! Sadly, I have none in my house atm! Boo hoo for me! Might have to go to a gas station tomorrow and buy some, as I assume the supermarkets are closed.
No religion whatsoever in this house!
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BabyOnBoard
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Posted: 20 March 2008 at 10:45pm |
Jesus is the reason for the season in this house too. .
No chocolate here - for me anyway 
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Posted: 20 March 2008 at 11:50pm |
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All about Jesus here too
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 8:37am |
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not catholics in this house... but i also dont do easter eggs.
I do like hot cross buns tho.
i do try and let the kids know that to some the holidays have meanings and we try and talk about them. Esp when my husbands son is over.
I do like the pagans ideas about easter too tho and every easter i think i must learn more and get better educated for the kids, in all aspects of easter.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 10:52am |
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Well, Easter to me is all about watchign the original film of Jeasus Christ Superstar, my favourite musical ever! They stopped playing it every year about 10-15 years ago, but santa DH bought me one for Christmas - yay!
And nope, we are not religious, though I have beliefs and ideals that I will share with my child.
i will talk about the pagan festival that existed before Christainity took the dates.
i will talk about Christianity and what it means to some people, and make her watch JC superstar every year with me :)
I will discuss what the symbolism of the rabbit and eggs is for and also talk about commercialism in relation to events like this and all the others but we will enjoy the chocolate anyway.
All at age appropriate times of course!
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 12:10pm |
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miss I am missing the annual Jesus movie this easter.
what was the pagan festival? is it celebration of the end of winter/beginning of spring?
i love the chocolate eggs and i love hot cross buns
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 12:24pm |
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Christian here too. Went to church this morning to remember the sacrifice Jesus made in dying on the cross. Go again on Sunday to celebrate his ressurection and what that means for us.
Also enjoy the hot cross buns and the odd cream egg.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 12:27pm |
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It's the autumn equinox fleury.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 12:28pm |
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Just pointing out - it's the spring equinox (what you were talking about) in the northern hemisphere. They're seasonal based, so you have to flip it for the southern hemisphere.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 2:19pm |
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Caprece and I went to church for the first time ever today. It was very exciting and I really enjoyed myself. It actually really made me think about jesus and not just chocolate and bunnies.
A question tho, how is the weekend that Easter is on chosen each year?
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 2:39pm |
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Alia the autumn equinox was on the 8th of March.
Which probably explains easters dates, its to do with the moons, as this must been the first full moon since then.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 2:41pm |
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Here we go.
The Jewish calendar is lunar. Twelve lunar months, with an occasional extra month popped in to keep up with the solar year. The month begins with new moon, and full moon, in the middle of the month, is the obvious time for extensive parties and festivals. There’s more light at night! Passover (Pesach) is the first full moon after the vernal (Northern Spring) equinox (14 of Abib in the Old Testament's Hebrew Calendar) (Lev 23:5). This was to be a "perpetual ordinance" (Exodus 12:14).
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 2:52pm |
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I'm not religious at all, neither is DH. To be really honest; It's just a long weekend for us. We don't do anything differently, all it really means is that I have them all at home on the Friday, Monday and the kids on Tuesday.
We have hot cross buns all weekend and the kids get their eggs (if any) on Sunday. That's all really.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 3:18pm |
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My DH isn't religious, but I'm Pagan and treat easter as such, not only to mark the equinox but to celebrate new beginnings - DD doesn't really understand any of it right now but when she is older we will have traditions of our own to celebrate.
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 3:45pm |
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I'm not religious, neither is DH or either of our families.
It's all about the long holiday and a little bit of chocie (I've been extremely good at not piggin out this year!)
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 8:53pm |
We aren't religious either. Up until Ollie arrived, Easter meant chocolate, hot x buns and time off work. Now it means all that as well as spending time with family. Although Stu is working today and Monday ... unless I go into labour 
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Posted: 21 March 2008 at 9:06pm |
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Chocolate and time off work for me too!
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Posted: 22 March 2008 at 11:52am |
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Like other's its about Christ here however I have been rather lapsed this year. Will be off to church on Sunday to celebrate. We don't really do easter egg's will prob get the boy's a little one each for tomorrow I mean marshmellow ones last year DH's grandparent's gave us money to buy them in pound's when we converted it it was over $30 so we got them a special book about easter and that is what we will do again this year if they do the same. Oh me on the other hand will find myself a nice yummy egg and get DH a giant bunny the cadbuary one I have got him one every year scince we meet.
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