We were better than our neighbours again this Easter!
Easter - such a wonderful time, full of joy and happiness! Children colouring eggs, mothers baking all sorts of delicious cakes and breads... I like these days of the year very much!
Where I come from we have special traditions connected with Easter, just like they do in other countries. First of all, there's the egg-colouring. Making easter eggs is mainly children's duty. Then, there's the baking. In every part of my country they have one special type of bread or cake that is typical for that particular region. However, there is also the walnut roll, which can be found throughout the country at this time of the year. It's a delicious thing to eat. Ham and horseradish are on the Easter-menu, too.
Well, on Easter Sunday we put all these things into a basket and take it to church for blessing. It's a lovely tradition. Except it's been ruined by people completely! It's supposed to be a religious and spiritual event, but people have turned it into a vulgar competition: who will bring the biggest basket with the most things in it and, what's worse, who will leave more money on top of the basket for the church to collect! The Sunday mass has even turned into a fashion-show for the very pious ladies and a car contest for the pious ladies' husbands! And, to make things worse, all this is usually the subject of conversations for days after Easter! People just keep showing off! It's unbelievable! What piety!
I really don't understand why people always have to ruin everything that is beautiful and turn it into something awful!
Where I come from we have special traditions connected with Easter, just like they do in other countries. First of all, there's the egg-colouring. Making easter eggs is mainly children's duty. Then, there's the baking. In every part of my country they have one special type of bread or cake that is typical for that particular region. However, there is also the walnut roll, which can be found throughout the country at this time of the year. It's a delicious thing to eat. Ham and horseradish are on the Easter-menu, too.
Well, on Easter Sunday we put all these things into a basket and take it to church for blessing. It's a lovely tradition. Except it's been ruined by people completely! It's supposed to be a religious and spiritual event, but people have turned it into a vulgar competition: who will bring the biggest basket with the most things in it and, what's worse, who will leave more money on top of the basket for the church to collect! The Sunday mass has even turned into a fashion-show for the very pious ladies and a car contest for the pious ladies' husbands! And, to make things worse, all this is usually the subject of conversations for days after Easter! People just keep showing off! It's unbelievable! What piety!
I really don't understand why people always have to ruin everything that is beautiful and turn it into something awful!
posted by Wolf @ 8:59 AM
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