How do you acknowledge Easter.

Georgesgran

Just another long weekend for me, more to I acknowledge Spring, but nothing religious.
Family tomorrow - I’ve bought little gifts and we’ll have coq au vin. More family on Monday, for roast chicken, more gifts and yes, a small chocolate egg for each DGS.

Now we're retired a long weekend doesn't mean so much to us though our working children really appreciate the time off.
Chocolate for our grandchildren, lots of lovely designs from M&S this year including scottie dogs, kittens, robots and dinosaurs (and none of them too big!)
Boxes of chocolates for my daughter and DiL.
Family are not around but we're having a solitary neighbour in for a roast lamp supper as he was at a loose end.
We're not religious but think of it as a spring festival - we have a lovely sunny spring day today.

Hot cross buns, flowers to the Crem and Cemetary and a nice bunch for my table, small item of chocolate for all my children and grandkids

Yes great actor.

Haha i just saw youre reply Calendargirl.😆

Oh just remembered that actor- its Robert Powell.Jesus of Nazereth is the film i think.

Calendargirl

Robert Powell Nannan2.

He was gorgeous looking in the role, just as you imagine Jesus was.

Married to Babs Lord, ex Pan’s People dancer.

Also hilariously funny on a Jasper Carrott spoof detective scene, where, as detectives, they decided to work from the inside, and went inside a prison, and accidentally started a riot.

My celebration amounts to my siter making a simnel cake and giving me a large wedge. She's just delivered an Easter egg as well, she spoils me.

I might try thats eggs in mustard sauce Urmstongran.It sounds delicious.We never had that.I dont think my mum liked mustard.

I am not a Christian but always send cards to my observant friends and am delighted to receive them. I give Easter eggs to my grandchildren and often watch a service, mindful that I am happy to live in a predominately Christian country and it is the most important festival in the Christian calendar.

The French will say anything😆

Robert Powell Nannan2.

He was gorgeous looking in the role, just as you imagine Jesus was.

Married to Babs Lord, ex Pan’s People dancer.

The 5 loaves and two fishes was at the sermon on the mount.

Nannan2

Yes youre right but there was fish served at the last supper which was so named because that was before he died on Good friday. In fact fish was served a lot in those more religous times and certainly as they were fishermen.

Oh yes, of course.

There are people in France who claimed to be descended from Jesus and Mary Magdalene, I think.

Yes youre right but there was fish served at the last supper which was so named because that was before he died on Good friday. In fact fish was served a lot in those more religous times and certainly as they were fishermen.

Calistemon- never heard that about Mary Magdeline being Jesus' wife-? And i'm catholic.My late mother & grandma more than i.But they never mentioned her as that at all.So no ive never heard anyone in our churches say it either.She was a prostitute of sorts i believe, a 'fallen woman' but Jesus befriended her and forgave her sins.If you dont wish to bible read then watch the epic movie- the one with Robert something or other is great.Cant remember his name but he has stunning blue eyes.andsuch a stage presence in this.

Yes, there are several references to fish and fishing in the Bible.

Jesus fed the loaves and fishes to the multitude after John the Baptist had been killed, which was three years before Jesus was crucified.

Thank you.
Is that from when the five loaves and three fishes were used to feed 5000?

I may have that all wrong, so apologies if so.

We are not religious so don’t mark it apart from a little money for the grandchildren and an Easter egg hunt for them.

So we 'feast& celebrate' it.

Yes MisAdventure i believe they did(in past times) as fish was Good friday (catholics) because Jesus fed fishes & loaves to people on the friday when he was reputed to have died and so its a religous day.Easter Sunday is a big thing for catholics because its the day he was reputed to have arose from the dead.

Always get the grandkids(young & older) choccy egg.And take nice easter bouquets to family graves.Send a small handful of Easter cards. And visit whomever we can, not neccessarily on actual easter sunday.Used to get turkey but favour lamb more now. Fish is usually good friday but supermarket didnt bring half side of salmon (🙁)

I buy my DAC and DGC an Easter egg each. Also Good Friday we have hot cross buns and I don't eat meat on that day. My family do though.
DD usually does a mini eggs hunt around the garden and house for DGC.

That’s not answring my query though 😀

BlueBelle

Why can you eat a poor old fishes flesh and not chicken ? I could understand a bit more if you couldn’t eat any living creature but why’s a cows life worth more than a salmons

He can eat the pasty tomorrow 🙂

MissAdventure

Do all these food rules have biblical connotations?

No, I think some rules were made up by the Catholic church over centuries.
Other religions have their own rules regarding food.