I would like to make this thread to wish every1 a Happy Easter. Have fun and stay safe for these holidays. All the best to you and your families
I would like to make this thread to wish every1 a Happy Easter. Have fun and stay safe for these holidays. All the best to you and your families
Happy Easter Everyone!!! Now be nice to any chocolate bunnies you get !!
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Yes ... Happy Easter!
Happy Easter! ^_^
happy Easter! joyeuses Paques !!
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LOLOriginally Posted by kooky panda
Happy Easter Everyone!!! Now be nice to any chocolate bunnies you get !!
I swear I didn't do it. No that's NOT chocolate on my lips
Happy Easter
Happy Easter!! ��
Happy Easter
How about we tell how we spend Easters? That would be fun.
I know most english-speaking countries do egg hunts. But in Portugal we don't. We do have the Easter Bunny thing going on, but he only brings the chocolate eggs to our homes... It's mainly just a symbol. Doesn't really do anything.
So on Easter Sunday, and in some places on Monday, we open up our houses to the priests and their helpers to bless our houses. They sprinkle holy water and incense, and we have typical food (mostly sweets, LOL) on top of our tables, which are covered with a white table cloth (prefferably embroidered). We always invite the priest and helpers to eat some cake, chocolates, and especially almonds. Chocolate-covered almonds are pretty important here. White chocolate, milk chocolate, covered with cinnamon, etc. Yum.
Usually priests are aided by boy scouts or acolithes (or whatever the name in english is) so many of them are young kids, and traditionally they are given bags of sweet almonds to take home or to school and distribute around friends.
Oh, and the priest carries a huge crucifix with Jesus on it. Dn't know the material; brass, maybe. We have to kiss the feet, which in my opinion is so darn gross. Ew.
That is really interesting. I like the idea of the priest coming to bless the house. I love to know how other countries celebrate. We just go to churchon Sunday and have a big meal for dinner.
Yeah, I know.
Ah, as for meals... Like I said, loads of traditional sweets on tables. In some households, especially the ones that are most visited (I'll get back to that), people don't have actual meals, but huge tables full of snacks, sweet and salty. And delicious snacks, like shrimps and mussels and rissols and ham with melon. Stuff like that.
Also, loads of wine & other spirits. I mean, loads of it! I fact, in most villages (like the one my mom was born in), people tend to accompany the priest who carries the cross & holy water, following them into their neighbor's houses, and eating and drinking the food. XD I know! Crazy, right? Some people (and not all of them are youngsters, mind you) end up Easter Sunday in, uh, a very comical condition.
It's a lot of fun.
Oh, one small but adorable detail: not all houses are inhabited or are willing to welcome the priests, so how do they know which ones to visit? We decorate the entrances of our houses with colorful flowers on the floor.we're sort of creating an entrance for them, with a flower path.
And a creepy one: Saturday evening, we burn the judas. It's a large "statue" built by the townsfolk, about four meters tall, set on a pedestal. I think it' wood and paper, and it's painted. It is made to resemble the person the country currently hates the most, lol. Like a bad president, or a bad politician.
Basically, they set the judas on fire and we all watch it burn. Lovely, ain't it? XD
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