Many non-Christians choose to observe these traditions while essentially ignoring the religious aspects of the celebration. Examples of non-religious Easter traditions include Easter eggs, and related games such as egg rolling and egg decorating. Egg decorating may have become part of the Easter celebration in a nod to the religious significance of Easter, i. In some households, a character known as the Easter Bunny delivers candy and chocolate eggs to children on Easter Sunday morning.
These candies often arrive in an Easter basket. The exact origins of the Easter Bunny tradition are unknown, although some historians believe it arrived in America with German immigrants in the s. Rabbits are, in many cultures, known as enthusiastic procreators, so the arrival of baby bunnies in springtime meadows became associated with birth and renewal. Notably, several Protestant Christian denominations, including Lutherans and Quakers , have opted to formally abandon many Easter traditions, deeming them too pagan.
However, many religious observers of Easter also include them in their celebrations. Easter foods are steeped in symbolism. An Easter dinner of lamb also has historical roots, since a lamb was often used as a sacrificial animal in Jewish traditions, and lamb is frequently served during Passover.
Today, Easter is a commercial event as well as a religious holiday, marked by high sales for greeting cards, candies such as Peeps, chocolate eggs and chocolate Easter bunnies and other gifts. McDougall, H. Sifferlin, A. Barooah, J. Easter traditions will look a little different this year as Covid restrictions remain in place — but groups of six can meet up again for a smaller-scale egg hunt. In some Eastern European cultures, it is also traditional for siblings or spouses to pour water on each other symbolising baptism and spank each other with pussy willow branches as part of Dyngus Day.
Boys are supposed to do this on Easter Monday, while girls do the same in reverse on Easter Tuesday. Follow Metro across our social channels, on Facebook , Twitter and Instagram.
Public Life Easter Monday is a holiday in many countries worldwide such as but not exclusive to : Austria. Czech Republic. New Zealand. Poland Sweden.
The Netherlands. The United Kingdom. The United States. Symbols For people with strong Christian beliefs, the cross that Jesus was crucified on and his resurrection are important symbols of the period around Easter. The best thing I like about the website is that you have table for comparing Good friday and Easter Monday and on top of that there is also bullet point list. As I grew up and started my online presence and dealt with USA based companies, I came to know that there is a day named Easter Monday also.
So today I decided to lookup the difference between these two and landed on this page. Now I know the difference. Thanks for sharing your story. Good Friday is world-famous. Hi Piyush, Thanks for writing about good friday.
I am Muslim but I also follow Christianity. There are churches around my home and I do visit them quite often. Been there on Good Friday and it was great experience. Skip to content Good Friday and Easter Monday are two important celebrations for the Christian community apart from Christmas. What is Good Friday? What is Easter Monday? Easter Monday is the day after Easter Sunday on which it is believed that Jesus Christ was restored to life.
Good Friday signifies the agony and pain faced by Jesus Christ and the sacrifice he made for humanity. Easter Monday signifies the fact there could be a life after death or the victory of good over evil or life over death. Good Friday is a day signifying pain and sorrow. Easter Monday is a day of festivities. Good Friday is a day of fasting. Easter Monday is not a day of fasting. Good Friday is normally a holiday in most countries.
Easter Monday may not be a holiday in some countries.
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