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Back when I lived in Poland
we used to go to church with a basket of food
The basket was then blessed by a priest at mass
we also used to make Easter Palms and we brought them with us to church Easter palm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
we used to decorate them and we even had competitions at church for the best one
We have a lot of people/towns making Easter Fires. Especially in the Eastern part of our country this is very popular. This one won the world record at 45,98 m.
Yep, always a Sunday and the next Monday. Second day is always the most boring, since everything is closed and the party is over. Only the big shopping malls are open. So what mainstream Holland does is going to the big "housing boulevards" and go shop for furniture.
I'll stay with doing some work in the garden since it's great weather over here now.
Here in Italy Easter is firstly a religious celebration, in fact Easter (together with Christmas) is one of the days in which there is the highest number of people that go to church.
However it is considered the boring part of the festivity, in particular if you are not a so religious person (like me for example).
About the most funny stuffs, we are used to give chocolate eggs to other people as a present (and in particular to children).
Those eggs contain a little (and usually completely useless) present. We are used to open those eggs during the Easter morning, and in particular children like it a lot (as much as to open their present at Christmas or at their birthday). However, also adults like those eggs because it's a good excuse to eat a lot of chocolate.
We don't have any kind of eggs hunt.
Another tradition is the Easter lunch, that in a lot of families is a huge meal in which are invited practically all your known relatives. A lot of regions have specific recipes that are prepared only for Easter. A lot of those recipes have lamb and\or eggs in them.
Instead today is Pasquetta (Easter Monday), and usually in this day we pass this day outdoor. If we can we do a trip in the countryside, and we prepare picnics and\or barbecues. We are more likely to pass Easter with our families and Easter Monday with our friends. So usually today is the funniest day of this period.
But today here we are really unlucky, because it's still really cold (it's 10AM and the temperature is still lower than 10°C...), so we will probably remain at home this year...
Back when I lived in Poland
we used to go to church with a basket of food
The basket was then blessed by a priest at mass
we also used to make Easter Palms and we brought them with us to church Easter palm - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
we used to decorate them and we even had competitions at church for the best one
Everybody goes to mass in Poland on easter, it's a big event
I don't really do anything at easter now, apart from going to church
It's not really as big here as it is in Poland
It's exactly like that in Austria. Less and less people go to church, though.
Plus there is a "Osterball" in my area in Upper Austria. A Ball-event where people dress up in traditional clothes and get wasted. After all it's the end of the Easter lent.
We don't celebrate Easter, Christmas or any of the other times in the Christian calendar as we are Pagans.
So, do you celebrate Yule then? I read it's a sort of equivalent of Christmas, is there a Pagan equivalent for Easter as well?
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