Sathi:
Bill, how do Americans celebrate Easter?
Bill:
Why we celebrate Easter? Well, it's one of the Christian holidays, Jesus died on Friday and by the third day, Sunday, he resurrected...
Xinda:
[nodding aggreably]
Save it for the other guys, Bill. My husband had an all-boy Catholic schools education, so I am kinda familiar with this crucifixion thing. Heh heh.
Ahh, you mean, how do we celebrate Easter? Well, we wear nice things to church --you usually don't really care what you wear to the church, but on Easter Sunday, it's different. So, the guys usually put on their suits, the ladies wear nice dresses, cause it's almost summer and all.
[Gosh, I think I need to shop for a nice summer dress.]
And then after the service, the kids are sent for this Easter egg hunt. First, you hard-boil a couple dozen of eggs and decorate them with dyes or something. There's also these colorful plastic eggs that you can get in Walmart, you can fill those with stuff like chocolate, toys, dollar bills, anything.You then scatter and kinda hide them all over the yard for the children to find.
[Heh, it's not fair. One of this years, I will organize an Easter egg hunt for those who are forever children at heart.]
And for the food, I don't know how it becomes like this, but the main thing is usually ham, you know the cured pork. So, turkey for Thanksgiving, ham for Easter.
[Heh, speak for yourself, Bill. On Sunday, other than ham, we will have a feast of great international selection. There will be a lot of single people searching for that potential someone dancing, talking, and laughters. Awww....]