Easter Baskets Ideas

Easter Baskets Ideas

The popularity of Easter baskets has increased tremendously with television movie "Here Comes Peter Cottontail". You can now order online beautiful Easter gift basket that contains traditional holiday treats without having to shop for these treats individually and arrange them in a basket yourself. Sending friends and loved ones an Easter Gift Basket is an easy and fun way to let them know how much you care about them.

An Easter Basket is a fun item to give away. Not only is the basket fun, but the egg hunts and family gatherings are just as fun. One does not have to give a traditional basket away. They do not have to be filled with a lot of candy. They can be a spa basket, a perfect gift for a young woman. Many people do not give baskets to friend and family members if they are older. Some would ask, why not? It's mainly due to the fact of how society was raised. Not too many adults go on Easter egg hunts.

Easter baskets grew out of the more out of modern traditions and symbology of Christianity. To Christians, Easter represents the resurrection of Christ. Lent is the season that proceeds Easter and lasts for forty six days prior to Easter Sunday. This season of Lent is begun on Fat Tuesday. This is the last time to party before the season of lent. During the Lent season, Christians believe you must give up something and fast until after Easter. The fast can include giving up meat, eggs, and dairy. The custom of having a large Easter supper represents the end of the Lenten fast. In more ancient times, this large feast was brought to the church in large baskets, hence the connection to treats in an Easter baskets today. This basket was blessed by the clergy much like the ancient Hebrews brought their first seedlings to the temple to be blessed.

Easter Baskets Ideas