What special traditions do you have for Easter?

For those of you who celebrate this holiday, what special traditions do you have, or remember from your childhood?

I remember my Grandmother Anna making each grandchild a Puppa Cu Ova - a dough basket made in the shape of a basket with a handle, and on the side of the basket, two hardboiled eggs, each held by two criss-crosses of dough as if they were "inside" the basket. Decorated with a bit of icing, these were so charming. I've bombed miserably when trying to make them (have her recipe), so haven't had one in years.

I also grew up enjoying Casata - an Italian Easter Cheesecake made with ricotta cheese, fresh fruit zest, and candied fruits, unsweetened chocolate..it's wonderful but a cholesterol nightmare! It's made with a dozen eggs!

I make one every year, though dh takes most of it in to share at work the day after

Well, we always have an Easter Egg hunt for the kids in the morning after they see their baskets!
Then we either have a crawfish boil or a ham dinner. After that, we're lazy the rest of the day.

The Easter Egg hunt is my favorite!

Originally Posted by catherine

Well, we always have an Easter Egg hunt for the kids in the morning after they see their baskets!
Then we either have a crawfish boil or a ham dinner. After that, we're lazy the rest of the day.

The Easter Egg hunt is my favorite!

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oooh...I fondly remember crawfish from when I lived in Louisiana for a year. And oyster po-boys

BF hasnt celebrated easter in a few years, and neither have i.
Today nothing is open so we are just eating what ever we find in the fridge and pantry!

My dad loves cassata!

As kids, we always went to Nana's house with the rest of the family 'round here & ate, hunted Easter eggs. This was AFTER my sister and I ran screaming through the house to find the big ol basket mom would make up for us.

With my own kid now, I still do the Easter basket of course... just put it together yesterday! She and I had our own Easter Egg hunt two nights ago (with chocolate eggs) since she's going with her dad this year & I won't see her Easter.

Easter is still the same as it's always been... eat, drink, be happy, do stuff with eggs. Oh yeah and I'm in charge of dessert.