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Show Friday, April 5, 1996 Easier Tradition The by Bill and Elizabeth Carter Sunday ii Easter! Easter is con- a date was a very complicated matDuchess prepared a feast, cooking ter. During the reign of the Roman the eggs in various ways. Her Emperor Constantine (at the guests were surprised and delighted Council of Njceae in 325 A.D.), it by the feast. Then the Duchess was first decreed that Easter should taught the housewives how to cook foil on the first Sunday after the full eggs and gave them some chickens moon which happens upon or next for their very own. after March 21. 'So, the earliest When Easter approached, the possible day on which Easter can Duchess wanted to do something fall is March 22, and the latest is special for the village children. She decided to color the eggs with dye April 25. made from roots and mosses. She There are many fun and interestcolored the to ing symbols associated with the planned giveAfter brightly serthe as church gifts. eggs For Easter holiday. example, why vices on Easier invited she Sunday, are Easter bunnies part of the holiall the children to come to her garday celebration? The bunny, which den. Each child made a little nest is the a a of is really hare, symbol out of moss for their eggs. Then moon. Remember, Constantine dehad an Easter egg hunt and a termined the date of Easter by the they feast. The children had a lot of fun. Easter hence the moon's cycle; Eggs also played an important bunny. Also, the bunny was conin Easter sporting events cenrole sidered to be the escort of the turies ago. The Roman celebrated Anglo-Saxo- n goddess Eastre. So, Easter by running races bn an ovalthe rabbit symbolizes fertility, as track and giving eggs as a shaped does Spring ... and the Easter prize. the became of holiday part bunny A famous part is held celebration. sidered by many Christiana to be the holiest of all religioua holidays. Yet, have you ever wondered how the Easter holiday got started and how the customs associated with this holiday came to be? The answers can be found in. a book called How Holidays Happened, by Lucy Gertsch Thomson, a woman who . was born and raised in Midway. According to Ms. Thomson, Easter is the greatest of all religious festivals celebrated in Christian lands. It is a joyful holiday. On Easter, members of Christian religions commemorate the day when Christ was resurrected from the grave. The Easter celebration offers hope and proof that even though everyone dies, they shall live again. Christians believe that Christ's resurrection occurred in the Spring ' of the year. Spring ia the season of awakening in nature - the rebirth of green growing plants, after a cold harsh winter; the changing of a The idea of using eggs as part of caterpillar into a beautiful butterfly; 'the Easter celebration came from the birth of baby animals - each of Egypt and Persia. In these counwhich illustrate the beauty of the tries, eggs were regarded as a symresurrection. bol of the resurrection because they The term "Easter" came from the held the seeds of new life. The egg . word Eastre, an Anglo-Saxo- n name is the symbol of both death and ''for the Goddess of Spring. Like all life. It symbolizes death insofar as Spring festivals, the Easter celebra- - it is a shell (or tomb) in which the - .tion is tied to die miracles Of nature life germ is imprisoned. It symbolizes life insofar as it is the source .'.that occur in the Spring. -is Easter a movable holiday that of the new creature. The earliest v Is, it is not celebrated on the same eggs were always colored red, symlay every year. For more than 200 bolizing the Mood of Christ. Also, the egg was originally associated years there was considerable diswith Easter, because to eat them agreement about thelday on which was forbidden during Lent. On Easter should be celebrated. Fixing Easter, the Irish eat eggs to break their Lent fast : ' Tt There is an interesting legend concerning Easter eggs. Many years ago the Duchess Rosalind Von Luidenburg was forced to leave her home because of a war. She fled to a small mining village in the mountains for safety, taking her two little children and one elderly man servant with her. They were safe in the village, but their fare was meager. They seldom had fish, and no meat or eggs to eat There was not a single hen in the village. The villagers had never even heard of hens. ! Prepare yourself for college. Fdr the Saving! Bond Investor Information pamphlet, write U.S. Savings Bonds, Washington, DC 20226. The Duchess knew that chickens and eggs are a great help in feeding a family, so she became determined to get some for the village. The next time she sent her servant to town for news of the war's progress, she asked him to send a message to her husband, who was fighting in the war, to bring home some chickens when he came - and he did it A pubtic Mfvicv of tfttS Utah's Highway Death Toll As of March 29, 1996 Year to Date 1996 Year to Date 1995 Total 1995 Fatalities - 50 50 - 321 DrMno Tip; If your vehicle is equipped with ABS Brake System) Brakes, do not pump the brakes. Pumping reduces the braking capacity. Instead, press the brake pedal hard and don't let up. The noise and pedal vibration are normal and Indicate the system Is working. (Anti-loc- k Then the Duchess set to work. She saved up eggs until she had enough. Next, she invited all the housewives in the village who had been so kind to her by taking her little family in during the war. The CoaMDa Health Canter 82 North 50 East Monday in Washington, D.C. Children bring their own baskets filled with cod ined eggs. Then they sit in long rows. Children on the upper row and terrace send their eggs rolling to the next row below. They streamroll the eggs on ribbon-lik- e ers to the other children below, who scramble for the rolling eggs and hurry to the top to start rolling them down again. During President Harding's administration, thousands of children rolled 300,000 eggs. The wife of James Madison started the custom. She invited children to roll eggs on the grounds of the White House. Later they invited bands to play lively music. The President and First Lady greet the crowd if they ' are at home. President Coolidge's wife brought a raccoon to the Easter egg hunt to delight the children. The wife of President Hoover invited the Girl Scouts to perform maypole dances on the lawn. Lillies are another symbol of Easter. Lillies and other flowers that grow from a bulb are also symbols of the resurrection. The bulb stands for the tomb of Jesus and the blossom for his life after death. The lily, called the angel of the flowers, is a symbol of purity and beauty. Jesus showed his disciples a field of lilies. He told them the greatest king was never dressed as beautifully as the lilies. Churches are decorated with lilies as a symbol of light and purity. The lamb is another well known Easter symbol because Jesus is called the "Lamb of God." The palm branch is also an old symbol of victory and peace. And, lighted candles have always been a symbol of holy things - Jesus is called the 'Light of the World." The custom of hot cross buns originated in 1361 at St. Abbey's when one of the monks baked them as gifts for the poor. 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Also, the traditional ham dinner on Easter stems from a custom in England when bacon was the principal meat eaten. William the Conqueror preferred ham to bacon and so his choice became our custom. New clothes are usually worn at Easter, just as die earth dresses in new greenery. The custom really began a long time ago and has a religious meaning. In the first centuries after Jesus lived, new members of the Christian Church were baptized in the water on the week before Easter. They wore fresh white robes. More centuries passed. By the Middle Ages, a person was expected to dress in fresh clothing at Easter - or, at least, to put away their heavy winter clothing and begin wearing their Spring clothing. On Easter, people all over the world gather together to celebrate this wonderful holiday. Sunday is Easter. The Summit County Bee wishes you and your family a very happy Easter celebration! Tha Summit County Boa C, PRICESIII Small Acreage Now is the Time to Sell Gall us Today. 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