Easter Gift basket
Easter is one of the most important festivals celebrated by the Christians. It is celebrated in all parts of the world in Christian communities. Easter is a festival in which people recollect the painful death and rebirth of Jesus Christ. Easter is a wonderful enjoyable festival for all man kind. Jesus shed his blood on the cross for all the sins of mankind and rose up on the third day gaining victory over death.
Jesus is the Son of God, the father. He is a God of Trinity (i.e. God the father, the Son and the Holy Spirit). Jesus was born to Virgin Mary by the power of the Holy Spirit. He came to this earth to spread the Gospel. People started sinning due to the temptations of Satan. So, they used to give an unblemished lamb or a calf as a sacrifice to cleanse all their sins. Owing to the temptations of Satan, people started forgetting God and worshipped hand made idols. God did not punish the people but he loved them so much that he sent his only son, Jesus Christ, to this earth to die for all the sins of man.
Jesus came to this earth, lived a holy life, showing the people the way to lead their life. Jesus was then given into the hands of the persecutors to be punished for all the sins of man. All the evil doers stripped, insulted and mocked Jesus. Jesus was made to carry his cross up the mountain of Calvary and then he was nailed to the cross. Jesus was nailed to the cross and was crowned with a wreath of thorns. One of the Roman soldiers pierced a spear into the ribs of Jesus to find out if he was alive. Thus, Jesus shed every single drop of his blood to cleanse the sins of the entire world. Jesus said in one of his sermons that the son of God was going to be handed over to the persecutors who will kill him and then the son of God will rise up from death on the third day. In the same way, Jesus came back to life on the third day i.e. on Easter and appeared to his disciples and Mary in different places and situations and then reached Heaven. So, people celebrate Easter as the most holy day that Jesus died for them and rose on the third day winning over death.
Day and Name of Easter
Easter is derived from a German tribal word, Eastre, which was the name of the goddess of the Saxons. In 2nd century, the Christian missionaries visited the tribal area to spread the gospel of Jesus Christ. They accepted Jesus as their savior. These Tribal people used to celebrate a pagan festival, welcoming the spring and worshipping their goddess Eastre. After their conversion to Christianity, the missionaries found out that the day that the tribes celebrated the pagan festival, falls on the same day that Jesus rose from his death. So, the missionaries advised them to celebrate the festival as Easter in remembrance of the death and resurrection of Lord Jesus Christ. So, from that day, the name Easter was in use.
The date of Easter changes every year, based upon the ecclesiastical full moon that varies every year. According to the scripture and records, the night Jesus was arrested was the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover festival with his disciples before being arrested. The Passover festival is celebrated based upon this full moon. So, based upon these calculations, Easter is likely to fall between 22nd of March and 29th of April.
Easter gift baskets
Easter is celebrated with joy and happiness. The things that come to mind as the season of Easter arrives are the Easter eggs, Easter cake, Easter crafts and Easter gifts. All the children will be very eager to collect the eggs on the Easter morning, which are hidden by their parents the previous day night. Children will be in their best outfits with a wreath that indicates the crown of thorn that was placed on the head of Jesus. Not only children but also older people will be merry, enjoying Easter eggs, cakes and remembering the wonderful love of Lord Jesus Christ in their life.
Easter gift basket are made to carry Easter eggs, Easter bunnies, Easter candies, and childrens bonnets etc. There are different types of Easter gift baskets available in different shops. Even baskets are also made at home. Generally, on Easter, all the families meet their relatives and friends and exchange their gifts showing their love and care for each other. Easter gift baskets are presented to kids as gifts. The tradition of carrying an Easter basket came into existence in the 17th century. This was a custom introduced by the Germans. Children used to carry these baskets with some hay, colored Easter eggs and childrens caps. Eggs were to symbolize the fertility or rebirth. As the time passed on, candies and bunnies were also tucked into the basket. Some types of Easter gift basket are given below:
1. For Book Lovers
It is better to give a gift of Easter gift basket for the people who love books and who are book worms. Easter baskets can be filled with variety of books that give the message of Easter. There are varieties of books that are written by many well known authors to give the message of Easter in a simple manner. The baskets are filled with hay and candies too.
2. Funny Easter basket
These are funny baskets which can be presented as gifts. They consist of funny articles and materials like Easter jig saw puzzles, Cross word Easter book, Easter cards, and Easter joke books etc. Even the baskets are tugged with different types of candies and Easter crafts that are made in a funny way. Easter bunnies are also stuffed in these baskets.
3. Stationary Easter Basket
For the people who want to give a gift of stationary articles, Easter gift basket satisfies the need. The basket is filled with paper, Envelopes, greeting cards, pens, markers, books etc on which the symbols of Easter are engraved. This can be a good gift for a studious kid.
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