It is Holy Week for the Christian Faith and the beginning of Passover for those of the Jewish Faith. Although spring began last week, Easter seems to always marked the actual first day of spring for me. Could be that on Easter the colors appear more cheerful and females will don a better fancy hat with flowers or ribbons as adornment on them; makes how I see things as springlike. I have always enjoyed Easter as unlike Christmas the holiday is a rejoicing time; as my religious background taught me. Mostly it was finally not having to wear a heavy bulky coat to keep warm and I could put away those horrible rubber boots I had worn over my shoes. I recall always getting a new fancy dress and a new hat; dressing up for Easter Sunday; going to church in my new outfit complete with fancy socks and patent leather shoes on my feet and little white gloves on my hands. Of course it was after church there'd be the finding of an Easter basket. Each year there'd be a stuff bunny inside as well as a chocolate rabbit, chocolate egg, marshmallow peeps and of course jelly beans. My favorite jelly beans were the white and red for some reason. One year, when I was four, I got two live rabbits; one white and one black. After about a month they found a home with an aunt and uncle for some reason. The last big basket with a stuff bunny arrived when I was seven years old. After that the Easter Bunny must have decided I did not need another stuff rabbit nor did I need the large chocolate rabbit and marshmallow peeps. Instead I got a large cream filled chocolate egg and some jelly beans. How I hated that egg. It was put into the refrigerator and each evening my step-grandmother would slice a piece off for myself and my step-siblings. I forced myself to enjoy it but did not. I wanted the chocolate rabbit instead. I must have mentioned this to my husband about the stuff bunny as a few days ago I found a small pink bunny sitting on the computer desk. I looked at it and he said the Easter Bunny came early. It is the cutest thing. I put it inside the basket he gave me last year. I guess the Easter Bunny will need to come visit my husband next. He does enjoy a certain brand of jelly beans. As for his basket, yes I have one for him. (Purchased from a white elephant table that benefits cancer research from my VFW) Recently I asked a group of people in my age bracket about Easter candy. Some of the men liked jelly beans but only the black ones; a few did not like the black but did like the other colors. A few females enjoy the marshmallow peeps; two I recall enjoy them when they are hardened and almost stale. Then I found people who like what is called 'robins eggs' which are a hard covered chocolate egg with malt almost like the malted balls. One guy is a chocoholic. He loves anything from chocolate cream eggs, to the marshmallow chocolate eggs that come in what looks like an egg carton as well as peanut butter chocolate eggs. It seems no matter your age, Easter candy is enjoyed by all. I am surprised Easter is not the biggest seller of candy; recently found it's the second biggest seller. (Halloween is number one). I wish everyone a wonderful day. A Happy Easter to all. Until next time....enjoy those jelly beans.
My basket and bunny
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