Celebrating easter on the patio

With everything still going strong with all the restrictions, in 2021 we will have to celebrate easter at home once again.

The only difference (and a positive one) is that we in Belgium can go on a holiday in our own country. As we say ‘vakantie in eigen land’ or ‘vacation in our own country’.

How lucky are we even that we can choose and everything is only a few hours away from each other. Like literally, if I want to go the beach, it’s only 45min. And if I want to go to the forest and hills, it’s a 2h drive.

But not everyone chose to celebrate somewhere else, some rather stay home and that means celebrating easter at home. But what is easter? Without knowing the meaning of a subject, it’s hard to celebrate something.

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What does easter celebrate?

Actually Easter is a Christian celebration that Jesus rose from the dead. The celebration lasts 2 days and is celebrated on Sunday and Monday, for 2021 that will be 4-5 april.

Honestly I think and know that most of my readers don’t celebrate Easter for that reason. We use these days to gather with our family’s or friends and reconnect (to the extend possible at the moment). Even more so now that we can’t see our family and friends that easily.

A celebration automatically comes with lot’s of food. But what are those classic Easter recipes in your region? Every country has their own way of celebrating it. A fun way to spice it up this year is making easter recipes fitting to your favourite holiday location.

Why eggs?

Eggs symbolises new life, which is very fitting to the Christian meaning I mentioned above. Hiding those eggs also stands for fertility. In the past, the eggs were buried in the fields. It was believed that hiding these eggs could make the fields fertile again.

Nowadays we hide chocolate eggs in the garden, at least in Belgium we do… It has become a ritual with easter. ‘The easter bunny’ comes by when kids aren’t noticing (aka the parents) and after the kids go search and find as many chocolate eggs as possible and gather them in their own basket. Most of the time these baskets are made at school.

The more chocolate eggs you gather, the more you have to eat (sort of a first come, first serve principal).

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