I wonder if anyone here has heard the Tom Waits song “Chocolate Jesus” or seen the “My Sweet Lord” exhibit. They both caused a big furor (at least on TV news). People said that they were part of a “war on Christians” or that they were insensitive. Personally, I am heartened by the number of people who follow this tradition and I think that, yes, it does teach kids about the Bible and Jesus. It’s always refreshing to see what regular people think about religion, as opposed to some dim-witted televangelist or corrupt religious official.

My mother always gave us chocolate crosses in our easter basket. The only problem I had with it was the chocolate wasn’t nearly as tasty as the easter bunny ones! It was a bit cheap.

I’m expecting my first baby and for some reason thought about this for celebrating easter…I really want to do it this way, too! However, I’d like my child to not feel like he’s missing out on good chocolate because mommy decided to do things the Christian way.

So I thought about making my own

Other ideas my mom did to reinforce Christ in Easter was give us a Christian gift in the basket that she gave us before church every easter (we weren’t allowed to eat the small amounts of candy before church). I got a precious moments puzzle one year; one brother got a children’s bible (which consequently had my brother hating the bible for a period after he discovered Jesus died on the cross…he was so upset!); Veggie Tales would frequently show up in the Easter Baskets for the boys as well as Christian novels for my sister and I as we got older. Sometimes Christian music would be in the basket and Adventures in Odyssey!!! The last gift I really remember getting was a really nice Study Bible with my name engraved on it. That Bible has only recently been replaced as I kept losing the psalms from it!

My mom also did pasanki easter eggs and would make several to hide in the yard that would have our names on them and some christian art or message. The goal was to find “our” egg =p

Those are some ideas from my home growing up…that I hope to carry on with my own kids

wanted to mentioned that i wholeheartedly agree and God bless your family for not polluting the holy resurrection with easter bunny nonsense… kinda like santa claus and Christmas, huh?? *smh*

God bless you sis.

entrecard,
whitney

Resurrection Rolls:

1 package refrigerator crescent rolls
8 large marshmallows
ground cinnamon
butter

Take 1 crescent roll, this represent the tomb. Lay it out flat and put a little butter on it, not much. The butter represents the oils that were poured on Jesus.

Next sprinkle some cinnamon on the the butter, the cinnamon represents the spices.

Finally take a marshmallow and place it on the crescent roll. The marshmallow represents the body of Christ.

With the butter, cinnamon and marshmallow on the crescent roll, take the roll and wrap it around the marshmallow and seal it closed.

Bake in the oven as per package directions. When finished this is what you should have left.

An empty tomb, the body of Christ, the marshmallow will have melted away leaving a nice aroma of oils and spices, butter and cinnamon.

And it tastes great too!