Happy Easter

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Good morning my friends I would like to wish you a very if somewhat unusual Happy Easter kept away from family due to our unusual situation in the world. No Easter egg hunt today unless you have small children at home. No meeting with family for a delightful Easter lunch and no going to church to celebrate Easter. Easter is one of the most important events in the church calendar. Some services will go ahead with empty churches but available online instead. Hopefully you will have an Easter Egg. Traditionally eggs have been a symbol as a celebration of rebirth. Ancient Egyptians used eggs to celebrate the New Year which was sometime in Spring. Christian use of the egg to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus. In central Europe people used to paint eggs by dying them in vegetable dyes. Red with beetroot, Green with spinach and Blue with Red Cabbage. On Easter Sunday everyone would have one of the colourful boiled eggs and would knock their opponents egg until the shell broke. A little like a game of conkers. Some eggs would be made out of wood. The most famous of Eggs came from the time of the Russian Tsar. He commissioned Faberge to make eggs for his wife every Easter. The eggs would be made with precious gold and gems. Once opened they would contain a surprise such as a mechanical working bird, flowers, train or carriage. A different design would be made each Easter for the Tsarina. They would also be given to other Royal families abroad as elaborate gifts. In St.Petersburg there is a Faberge museum with many eggs on display. The evening I was due to go there it was closed due to an economic summit being held there. However I have seen one at Buckingham palace when they displayed some of the Faberge collection owned by the Royal Family. I am sure our eggs will not be so elaborate or as expensive. Picture from Pixabay!