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Post by Hunny on Mar 12, 2013 23:14:51 GMT
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March 13 is...National Potato Chip DayNational Potato Chip Day celebrates the ever popular potato chip. Potato Chips are America's #1 snack food. But, its not just a snack food. Its the potato of choice for many lunchtime and dinner meals. Regular (or plain) potato chips are by far the most popular. Other popular flavors are barbecue, sour cream & onion, oil & vinegar, and ranch. Did you Know? Potato chips were first made by Chef George Crum in Saratoga Springs, NY on August 24, 1853. Americans have been in love with them ever since. Make your own potato chips! Its easy to do. The kids will love it, and so will you. Find out how. Celebrating National Potato Chip Day is easy.... eat potato chips during meals and snacks. ___________________ Lazy College Senior...___________________ HOW TO DO STUFF!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 14, 2013 19:08:27 GMT
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Post by Hunny on Mar 15, 2013 0:25:05 GMT
The Ides of March is a day on the Roman calendar that corresponds to March 15. It was marked by several religious observances, and became notorious as the date of the assassination of Julius Caesar in 44 BCE. In the original Roman calendar, March was the first month of the year. The holidays observed by the Romans from the first through the Ides often reflect their origin as new year celebrations. The Romans did not number days of a month sequentially from the first through the last day. Instead, they counted back from three fixed points of the month: the Nones (5th or 7th, depending on the length of the month), the Ides (13th or 15th), and the Kalends (1st) of the following month. The Ides occurred near the midpoint, on the 13th for most months, but on the 15th for March, May, July, and October. The Ides were supposed to be determined by the full moon, reflecting the lunar origin of the Roman calendar. On the earliest calendar, the Ides of March would have been the first full moon of the new year. IDES: The Ides of each month was sacred to Jupiter, the supreme deity of the Romans. The Flamen Dialis, Jupiter's high priest, led the "Ides sheep" in procession along the Via Sacra to the arx, where it was sacrificed. In addition to the monthly sacrifice, the Ides of March was also the occasion of the Feast of Anna Perenna, a goddess of the year whose festival originally concluded the ceremonies of the new year. The day was enthusiastically celebrated among the common people with picnics, drinking, and revelry. One source from late antiquity also places the Mamuralia on the Ides of March. This observance, which has aspects of scapegoat or ancient Greek pharmakos ritual, involved beating an old man dressed in animal skins and perhaps driving him from the city. The ritual may have been a new year festival representing the expulsion of the old year. ASSASSINATION OF CEASER: In modern times, the Ides of March is best known as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44 BCE. Caesar was stabbed to death at a meeting of the senate. As many as 60 conspirators, led by Brutus and Cassius, were involved. According to Plutarch, a seer had warned that harm would come to Caesar no later than the Ides of March. On his way to the Theatre of Pompey, where he would be assassinated, Caesar passed the seer and joked, "The ides of March have come," meaning to say that the prophecy had not been fulfilled, to which the seer replied "Aye, Caesar; but not gone." This meeting is famously dramatised in William Shakespeare's play Julius Caesar, when Caesar is warned by the soothsayer to "beware the Ides of March." The Roman biographer Suetonius identifies the "seer" as a haruspex named Spurinna. On the anniversary of Caesar's death in 40 BCE, after achieving a victory at the siege of Perugia, Octavian (later known as Augustus) executed 300 senators and knights who had fought against him under Lucius Antonius, the brother of Mark Antony. The executions were one of a series of actions taken by Octavian as Caesar's adopted heir to avenge his death. The Roman historians Suetonius and Cassius Dio characterise the slaughter as like a religious sacrifice, noting that it occurred on the Ides of March at the new altar to the deified Julius. CELEBRATION: I don't find much in the way of people celebrating this as a day, although in Canada they drink "Bloody Ceaser cocktails" today. The Death Of Ceasar (1798) by Vincenzo Camuccini ___________________ Philosoraptor ponders...___________________ HOW TO DO STUFF!Come back every day for the DAILY BUZZ!
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Post by sadie1263 on Mar 15, 2013 1:21:47 GMT
How come the cats never seem to fall....but everything they were on once they move does?
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Post by Hunny on Mar 15, 2013 22:53:43 GMT
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March 16 is...Everything You Do Is Right DayEverything You Do Is Right Day is about just what it says. Life is filled with ups and downs. Some days are good days. Some days are bad days. Most often, there's both good and bad in any given day. But every once in a while, a day comes along where everything you do goes well...and that day is today! To celebrate Everything You Do Is Right Day...we do realize things may go wrong occasionally anyway, but the rule is EVERYTHING YOU DO IS RIGHT. So...if anyone questions you, just say "I'm right." If you screw up, just go "I meant to do that." And when something does go well, say "Of course!" And have a happy perfect day! ___________________ Philosoraptor asks...___________________ HOW TO DO STUFF!Come back every day for the DAILY BUZZ!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 17, 2013 1:09:55 GMT
Saint Patrick's Day St. Patrick's Day is a holiday in Ireland celebrated on March 17. The Irish have observed this day as a religious holiday for over 1,000 years. On St. Patrick's Day, which falls during the Christian season of Lent, Irish families traditionally attend church in the morning and celebrate in the afternoon. Lenten prohibitions against the consumption of meat are waived and people dance, drink and feast on the traditional meal of Irish bacon and cabbage.
St. Patrick and the First St. Patrick's Day Parade
Saint Patrick, who lived during the fifth century, is the patron saint and national apostle of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain, he was kidnapped and brought to Ireland as a slave at the age of 16. He later escaped, but returned to Ireland and was credited with bringing Christianity to its people. In the centuries following Patrick's death on March 17, 461, the mythology surrounding his life became ever more ingrained in the Irish culture: Perhaps the most well known legend is that he explained the Holy Trinity (Father, Son and Holy Spirit) using the three leaves of a native Irish clover, the shamrock.
Since around the ninth or 10th century, people in Ireland have been observing the Roman Catholic feast day annually. Interestingly, however, the first parade held to honor St. Patrick's Day took place not in Ireland but in the United States. On March 17, 1762, Irish soldiers serving in the English military marched through New York City. Along with their music, the parade helped the soldiers reconnect with their Irish roots, as well as with fellow Irishmen serving in the English army.
Growth of St. Patrick's Day Celebrations
Over the next 35 years, Irish patriotism among American immigrants flourished, prompting the rise of so-called "Irish Aid" societies like the Friendly Sons of Saint Patrick and the Hibernian Society. Each group would hold annual parades featuring bagpipes and drums. In 1848, several New York Irish Aid societies decided to unite their parades to form one official New York City St. Patrick's Day Parade. Today, that parade is the world 's oldest civilian parade and the largest in the United States, with over 150,000 participants. Each year, nearly 3 million people line the 1.5-mile parade route to watch the procession, which takes more than five hours. Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia and Savannah also celebrate the day with parades involving between 10,000 and 20,000 participants each.
St. Patrick's Day, No Irish Need Apply and the "Green Machine"
Up until the mid-19th century, most Irish immigrants in America were members of the Protestant middle class. When the Great Potato Famine hit Ireland in 1845, close to 1 million poor and uneducated Irish Catholics began pouring into America to escape starvation. Despised for their alien religious beliefs and unfamiliar accents by the American Protestant majority, the immigrants had trouble finding even menial jobs. When Irish Americans in the country's cities took to the streets on St. Patrick's Day to celebrate their heritage, newspapers portrayed them in cartoons as drunk, violent monkeys. The American Irish soon began to realize, however, that their large and growing numbers endowed them with a political power that had yet to be exploited. They started to organize, and their voting block, known as the "green machine," became an important swing vote for political hopefuls. Suddenly, annual St. Patrick's Day parades became a show of strength for Irish Americans, as well as a must-attend event for a slew of political candidates. In 1948, President Harry S. Truman attended New York City 's St. Patrick's Day parade, a proud moment for the many Irish Americans whose ancestors had to fight stereotypes and racial prejudice to find acceptance in the New World.
The Chicago River on St. Patrick's Day
As Irish immigrants spread out over the United States, other cities developed their own traditions. One of these is Chicago’s annual dyeing of the Chicago River. The practice started in 1962, when city pollution-control workers used dyes to trace illegal sewage discharges and realized that the green dye might provide a unique way to celebrate the holiday. That year, they released 100 pounds of green vegetable dye into the river--enough to keep it green for a week!
St. Patrick's Day Around the World
Today, people of all backgrounds celebrate St. Patrick's Day, especially throughout the United States, Canada and Australia. It is also celebrated in many other locations far from Ireland, including Japan, Singapore and Russia.
In American cities with a large Irish population, St. Patrick's Day is a very big deal. Big cities and small towns alike celebrate with parades, "wearing of the green," music and songs, Irish food and drink, and activities for kids such as crafts, coloring and games.
In Ireland
In modern-day Ireland, St. Patrick's Day has traditionally been a religious occasion. In fact, up until the 1970s, Irish laws mandated that pubs be closed on March 17. Beginning in 1995, however, the Irish government began a national campaign to use interest in St. Patrick's Day to drive tourism and showcase Ireland and Irish culture to the rest of the world. Today, approximately 1 million people annually take part in Ireland 's St. Patrick's Festival in Dublin, a multi-day celebration featuring parades, concerts, outdoor theater productions and fireworks shows.
Saint Patrick's Day has come to be associated with everything Irish: anything green and gold, shamrocks and luck. Most importantly, to those who celebrate its intended meaning, St. Patrick's Day is a traditional day for spiritual renewal and offering prayers for missionaries worldwide.
Saint Patrick's feast day, as a kind of national day, was already being celebrated by the Irish in Europe in the ninth and tenth centuries. In later times he became more and more widely known as the patron of Ireland. Saint Patrick's feast day was finally placed on the liturgical calendar in the Catholic Church in the early 1600s. It thus became a holy day of obligation for Roman Catholics in Ireland.
In 1903, Saint Patrick's Day became an official public holiday in Ireland. Soon after that, a law was made which required pubs and bars to be closed on 17 March, after drinking got out of hand. That law was repealed in the 1970s.
In the mid-1990s, Ireland began a campaign to use Saint Patrick's Day to showcase Ireland and its culture. The government set up a group called St Patrick's Festival, with the aim to:
Offer a national festival that ranks amongst all of the greatest celebrations in the world and promote excitement throughout Ireland via innovation, creativity, grassroots involvement, and marketing activity.
Provide the opportunity and motivation for people of Irish descent, (and those who sometimes wish they were Irish) to attend and join in the imaginative and expressive celebrations.
Project, internationally, an accurate image of Ireland as a creative, professional and sophisticated country with wide appeal, as we approach the new millennium.
The first Saint Patrick's Festival was held on 17 March 1996. In 1997, it became a three-day event, and by 2000 it was a four-day event. By 2006, the festival was five days long; more than 675,000 people attended the 2009 parade. Overall 2009's five day festival saw close to one million visitors, who took part in festivities which included concerts, outdoor theater performances, and an enormous fireworks display, called “SkyFest”.
_______________________________________________________ THINGS YOU DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT SAINT PATRICK’S DAY SAINT PATRICK’S COLOR WAS BLUE, NOT GREEN Saint Patrick's color was blue, not green, say historians. The hue - St. Patrick's blue, a lighter shade - can still be seen on ancient Irish flags and was used on armbands and flags by members of the Irish Citizen Army, whose 1916 Easter Rising attempted to end British rule. But the use of green on St. Patrick's Day began during the 1798 Irish Rebellion, when the clover became a symbol of nationalism and the "wearing of the green" on lapels became regular practice. The green soon spread to uniforms as well. That evolution, combined with the idea of Ireland's lush green fields, eventually made blue a thing of the past.[/center]
THE LEGENDARY SNAKES According to legend, St. Patrick drove the snakes out of Ireland in the 5th century. But, of course, there weren't any slithering reptiles to drive off the island. The reference is thought to be metaphorical: St. Patrick — who converted pagans to Christianity — was the man who supposedly drove "evil" non-Christians from the land.
IRISH BARS WERE CLOSED Ireland has been officially celebrating St. Patrick's Day since 1903, when Irish politician James O'Mara introduced a bill in Westminster that made it an official public holiday back in his homeland. But not until the 1970s could you find revelers celebrating at a bar. Ireland is heavily Catholic, and St. Patrick's Day falls during Lent, which means that although celebratory feasts and drinks were allowed, an all-night party seemed a little too sinful. Fearing excessive drinking, Ireland introduced a law that forced all pubs to close on March 17. Luckily for beermakers, the law was repealed in 1971. The Irish are now free to get as drunk as the Americans who use the day to get drunk celebrating the Irish.
IRISH PARADE? WHAT IRISH PARADE? Though unofficial St. Patrick's Day parades were held throughout Ireland in the 19th century, and despite the fact that the day was declared a public holiday in 1903, the first official celebration in Dublin did not occur until 1931. The city of Belfast didn't have its first St. Patrick's Day parade until 1998 because of Protestant hostility toward the display of Irish national symbols. Recent parades in the region have required that people wave the more neutral shamrock flag, not the Irish one.
SAINT PATRICK WAS NEITHER IRISH NOR NAMED PATRICK St. Patrick, Ireland, St. Patrick's Day. Simple, right? The man wasn't even Irish! He was actually born in Britain around the turn of the 4th century. At 16 years old, Irish raiders captured him in the midst of an attack on his family's estate. The raiders then took him to Ireland and held him captive for six years. After escaping, he went back to England for religious training and was sent back to Ireland many years later as a missionary. St. Patrick was actually born Maewyn Succat, according to legend; he changed his name to Patricius, or Patrick, which derives from the Latin term for "father figure," when he became a priest.______________________________________________________________________________________________________
THE BLARNEY STONE There is more to understanding the Irish than we could possibly fit in one issue. But I will include a quick explanation of "the blarney stone" The Blarney Stone is a block of bluestone built into the battlements of Blarney Castle. According to legend, kissing the stone endows the kisser with the gift of gab (great eloquence or skill at flattery). Kissing the stone, however, can also give you a stiff neck, and countless germs, for the Blarney Stone is a tourist destination. 400,000 visitors line up every year to kiss it in hopes of boosting their eloquence. And it isn't so easy to smooch the stone — you must sit on a ledge while someone holds down your legs, then bend over backward while holding iron rails until your face is level with the stone. Congrats, you've now kissed a surface similarly kissed by hundreds of thousands of others. Hopefully the gift of gab is worth the bacteria. .............Someone kissing the blarney stone...................view of the blarney stone from the ground OriginsAn early story involves the goddess Clíodna. Cormac Laidir MacCarthy, the builder of Blarney Castle, being involved in a lawsuit, appealed to Clíodna for her assistance. She told MacCarthy to kiss the first stone he found in the morning on his way to court, and he did so, with the result that he pleaded his case with great eloquence and won. Thus the Blarney Stone is said to impart "the ability to deceive without offending." MacCarthy then incorporated it into the parapet of the castle. The ritual of kissing the Blarney Stone, according to the castle's proprietors, has been performed by "millions of people", including "world statesmen, literary giants and legends of the silver screen". The kiss, however, is not casually achieved. To touch the stone with one's lips, the participant must ascend to the castle's peak, then lean over backwards on the parapet's edge. This is traditionally achieved with the help of an assistant. Although the parapet is now fitted with wrought-iron guide rails and protective crossbars, the ritual can still trigger attacks of acrophobia, an extreme or irrational fear of heights. Before the safeguards were installed, the kiss was performed with real risk to life and limb, as participants were grasped by the ankles and dangled bodily from the height. In the Sherlock Holmes radio dramatization "The Adventure of the Blarney Stone" (first broadcast March 18, 1946), a man attempting to kiss the Blarney Stone falls to his death. Holmes' investigation reveals this as a murder, the man's boots having been surreptitiously greased before the attempt.[/color] ___________________________________________ Captain Meow says... Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 18, 2013 11:33:36 GMT
Flag Day (In Aruba)March 18 is a public holiday in Aruba, known as Flag Day and it is celebrated through carnivals and fairs. Aruba's national flag was adopted on March 18, 1976. The design consists of a field of light blue (called "Larkspur" or "U.N. blue"), two narrow parallel horizontal yellow ("Bunting Yellow") stripes in the bottom half, and a four-pointed white-fimbriated red ("Union Flag red") star in the canton. The design elements have multiple symbolic meanings: The blue field represents the sky, the sea, peace, hope, Aruba's future and its ties to the past. The two narrow stripes "suggest the movement toward status aparte". The other "industry, all the minerals (gold and phosphates in the past, petroleum in the early 20th century)". In addition to sun, gold, and abundance, the yellow is also said to represent wanglo flowers. The star has particularly complex symbolism. It is vexillologically unusual in having four points, representing the four cardinal directions. These refer in turn to the many countries of origin of the people of Aruba. The star also represents the island itself: a land of often red soil bordered by white beaches in a blue sea. The red colour also represents blood shed by Arubians, the Indian inhabitants, during the french pass war; patriotic love. The white also represents purity, honesty and our white beaches. Aruba: A vacation paradise in the Carribean ________________________ The Bad Advice CatHOW TO... Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 18, 2013 22:03:56 GMT
International Earth DayInternational Earth Day was initiated to make earth inhabitants aware of their responsibility to care for the planet. This care includes environmental and natural resources. International Earth Day was founded by John McConnell, of Davis City, Iowa. In September, 1969, he proposed the establishment of Earth Day to the San Francisco, California Board of Supervisors. After approval, he gained support from many others, including then UN General Secretary, U Thant. In 1970, McConnell wrote an Earth Day Proclamation which was ultimately signed by UN Secretary General U Thant on March 21, 1971. ________________________ The Bad Advice CatHOW TOAnyone remember this guy? Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 19, 2013 22:05:59 GMT
Extraterrestrial Abduction Day Extraterrestrial Abduction Day is today. Keep one eye on the sky. And, be ready to duck, dodge, and to hide. UFO's may be everywhere, looking to abduct humans. If you are not careful, perhaps they will find you! Celebrate today by reading and watching science fiction stories about UFOs and Extraterrestrials. And if ever there was a good time for your tinfoil hat... ________________________ CLASSIC ALBUMS ~Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!~_____________________________________ DAILY QUOTE:Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart. -Mahatma Gandhi_____________________________________
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2013 13:34:18 GMT
There;s only one thing to say to an extraterrestrial tryijng to adcbuct you -0 UFO!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 20, 2013 14:01:58 GMT
There;s only one thing to say to an extraterrestrial tryijng to adcbuct you -0 UFO!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 20, 2013 21:40:37 GMT
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Post by Hunny on Mar 22, 2013 0:26:41 GMT
National Goof Off Day!Now here's a day that just about everybody can relax and enjoy. It's a day to do anything and everything.....except what you're supposed to do today. Assuming you won't get in trouble at work or school, go ahead and play some golf, or play video games all day. Spend extra time surfing the net. Go out and spend the day window shopping with your favorite friend. Or, just sit down and read a book or watch TV. This day is set aside for you to do anything you enjoy doing. A few years ago, a survey was performed to identify the most popular activity for goofing off. The top activity was playing video games. ________________________ CLASSIC ALBUMS______________________________________________DAILY QUOTE:By all means, marry. If you get a good wife, you'll become happy; if you get a bad one, you'll become a philosopher.-Socrates______________________________________________ ~Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!~
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Post by Hunny on Mar 22, 2013 22:56:39 GMT
National Inane Phone Messages DayMany people look at the title of this day and think ....huh!!? Some people think its a typo, and the day should read "National Insane Phone Message Day". However, it actually and truly is "National Inane Phone Message Day". First lets clarify the meaning of an "inane" answering message. We all get them on our answering machines. An inane message is a senseless or meaningless message, or a prank call. Or, it could be an insane message. To celebrate this day is simple: call up your inane friend(s) and leave a whopper on their machine. Leave a marathon two-part message, telling the most boring story you have to offer. Or the most bizarre. In fact, be creative. That's the idea! ________________________ CLASSIC ALBUMS_______________________________________________________________A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. -Albert Einstein_______________________________________________________________ ~Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!~
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Post by Hunny on Mar 26, 2013 23:03:02 GMT
National 'Joe' DayNational Joe Day is a chance to change your name, if only for today. Many people do not like their given name. They wish they could change it. A few actually do. On National Joe Day, it is perfectly okay to have everyone call you "Joe". Why Joe? Why not? In fact change it to anything you want! It's just for today! ________________________ CLASSIC ALBUMS______________________________________________DAILY QUOTE:Nothing gives one person so much advantage over another as to remain always cool and unruffled under all circumstances.-Thomas Jefferson______________________________________________ ~Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!~
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Post by Hunny on Mar 28, 2013 1:12:25 GMT
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Post by Hunny on Mar 29, 2013 23:33:16 GMT
_________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Every day is a holiday somewhere. Come here every morning to find out what day it is!March 30 is...Take A Walk In The Park DayNo matter the weather, or the snow, there comes a day when you just have to decide that winter's over and start ignoring it! -and do what you want. Today is that day! "Take a Walk in the Park Day" is an opportunity for exercise and relaxation. Are you stressed out? A walk in the park is just what the doctor ordered. Its calming and therapeutic. Taken after a busy work day, it helps clear your mind and re-energize you. Or, take the walk during lunch and you will find the afternoon of work goes by quicker and easier. A walk in the park will likely be the most enjoyable part of your day. However, make sure to do so with a clear mind and with your eyes open. In addition to avoiding a fall, open eyes will allow you to take in the beauty of nature's wonders: flowers, and trees, birds, and wildlife. Tip: We suggest you take a walk in the park with a friend or your lover. It will prove far more enjoyable if you have company on your walk. _______________________________________ MONSTER ALBUMS______________________________________________________________DAILY QUOTE:
If your daily life seems poor, do not blame it; blame yourself that you are not poet enough to call forth its riches; for the Creator, there is no poverty.
-Maria Rilke______________________________________________________________ Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!
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Post by Hunny on Mar 30, 2013 22:40:19 GMT
_________________________________________________________ _____________________________________________________________ Every day is a holiday somewhere. Come here every morning to find out what day it is!March 31 is...EASTER!Okay I think everyone knows what Easter is about, so I'll spare us having to read an explanation of that. There is just one question I have though: why do rabbits lay chocolate chicken eggs on this day? And two: who is going to hide chocolate in my room tonight? (Well, Mum used to). So why is Easter about eggs? Wikipedia says...Easter eggs are special eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide. In Christianity, they symbolize the empty tomb of Jesus. Though an egg appears to be like the stone of a tomb, a bird hatches from it with life; similarly, the Easter egg, for Christians, is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, and that those who believe will also experience eternal life. Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest. For much more on this subject, go here. _______________________________________ MONSTER ALBUMS______________________________________________________________DAILY QUOTE:
People respond when you tell them there is a great future in front of you, you can leave your past behind.
-Joel Osteen______________________________________________________________ Come back each day for The Daily Buzz!
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Post by Hunny on Apr 1, 2013 23:30:47 GMT
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Post by Hunny on Apr 2, 2013 22:47:21 GMT
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