What are those special Easter Traditions you share as a family? In this episode, with Felice Gerwitz and Crystal Niehoff, you will learn that many Christian families have a diversity of ideas on how to celebrate this holiest day of our Lord’s resurrection.

Welcome to Crystal Niehoff who along with her husband, Kevin, an Army Chaplain hosts the History For Christian Teens podcast on the Ultimate Homeschool Podcast Network. Be sure to subscribe to their wonderful show for teens (and tweens can listen in as well!).

What makes Easter special? Remembering the time of the life, death, and Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ! This is a day of celebration for many families and it is more than cute Easter bunnies and chocolate. What makes Easter special in your family? If you have not given it thought think about this, and brainstorm with your family.

• Some Easter Traditions:
  
• Lent (celebrated by Felice’s family 40 days before Easter).
  
• Resurrection Eggs – Tokens with the remembrance of Easter for children. Plastic eggs contain a symbol the depiction of something that represents Easter with a guidebook.
  
• Good Friday – suffering, and death of Christ.
  
  • Felice’s family fasts from all meat on Fridays leading up to Easter. We also attend church on Thursday and Friday before Easter.
    
  
  
• Sunrise Service. Crystal’s family attends (her husband officiates)
  
• Easter Vigil – Saturday evening before Easter. Evening service with Scripture readings from Genesis to the Resurrection.
  
• The best Resource is the Bible
  
  • Four Gospels have a different perspective
    
  • Older teens can read the Gospels and compare the Bible account
    
  
  
• Thankfulness is not just for Thanksgiving – Easter is a great time to be thankful.
  
• Easter is the eternal lesson for celebrating the gifts of the sacrificial love of Christ.
  

Easter Traditions do not need to take much money (See Easter on the Cheap, last week’s Vintage Homeschool Moms episode). The most important thing to remember is the time we spend with our family can not be replaced.

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