Easter Traditions

mzovoce

Do you and your family have any? I know a lot of families eat ham or lamb and I'm trying to figure out why. We have no traditions and I'm thinking it might be nice to start some.

Aligator28

We either do crawfish or fry a turkey (yuck).  Not sure why. Other than that - no real traditions, except for baskets filled with junk.

ShoeFanatic614

I always bake monkey bread in the morning then H's family comes over for dinner and the kids have an egg hunt in our backyard. It's always a nice day.

christenm

we normally have either crawfish or fried fish.  But the fun tradition is the "Easter Olympics."

Basically we have tons of Easter related games:  egg hunt, egg roll (down a slight incline), passing eggs down a line using the spoons in our mouths (know what i mean?), boiled egg tap (try to crack the opponents egg but not your own), raw egg toss....seems like there are some more, I'll have to think of them!

And we have super cheesy prizes for the winners, things like sidewalk chalk for the kiddos, Easter kitchen towels for the adults, etc.

It's so fun and we look forward to it each year.

joeysgirl2008

We used to do family meals with ham as the main meat, but it sounds like no one is hosting Easter this year. I'd volunteer to host it, but H doesn't seem to want to host, since we're hosting a party the following weekend.

cajunbabyvintage

Hubs' family does a crawfish boil.  My side does a typical thanksgiving/christmas type lunch after church, except minus the turkey.  We do honey ham, homemade mac and cheese, candied/marshmallow yams, pies, etc.  We do an egg hunt for the kiddos afterwards.

Jennifer18131

All of our family traditions have gone kaput since the family drama. I plan to eat a lot, drink a lot, and get some sun.

andrew's wifey

We have a Good Friday crawfish boil, and then go to Easter Vigil mass on Saturday, and hang out all day on Sunday fishing and sunning and what not.

This year Cam will be baptized on Easter Sunday at 9:30 mass, and DH's family is coming in and we're having a party at my parents'.