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As we are in the Holy Week, we have been busy with my daughter taking part in altar serving for the Chrism Mass and also for Good Friday. As we approach Easter, stores are offering Easter eggs galore as well as bunnies, too. However, from the Catholic point of view, eggs signify new birth and thus we are not allowed to eat any until Easter Sunday. Also our Director of Religious Studies always stressed to all of us teachers that we are NOT ALLOWED to give out Easter eggs until next week when school starts back on Wednesday! Here in New Zealand, we get a 5 day Easter break starting from Good Friday.
I just learnt recently this past Tuesday also known as Shrove Tuesday or Pancake Tuesday, a tradition when all pantries are cleared in preparation for fasting on Good Friday so leftover flour are made into pancakes and there were lots of pancake tossing competition in many parts of the Western world. It is quite a sight seeing priests take part in pancake tossing and running competition and some parts of the world it is done inside churches and cathedrals, too!
There is a current fight in New Zealand between retailers and church organizations on Easter working days. Only retailers associated with the tourist industries are allowed to open and restaurants and fast food places can open but some charge extra to cover the wage cost over opening on public holidays.
Here's wishing all you fellow bloggers a very Happy and Blessed Easter 2008! It will be another 152 years before we have Easter this early in the year again!
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