I haven't figured out the best way to celebrate Easter yet. It's definitely worthy of more celebration than I give it. On the other hand, I certainly don't want it to become like Christmas.
Here's what we have been doing and what we will be doing:
1. Singing Easter songs in our church choir. I have loved this. One of my personal favorite songs ever is "When I Survey the Wondrous Cross". Here's the Mormon Tabernacle Choir singing it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsBiaBTFADI. It's hard to sing well but I have really enjoyed experiencing the powerful spirit you feel when you sing it.
2. Singing Easter songs at the beginning of our daily family devotional. I really love "He Is Risen" and "Christ the Lord is Risen Today." Clearly I am an Easter music fan!
3. Dying Easter eggs and having an Easter egg hunt on Saturday. I'm not really sure how much this has to do with the real reason to celebrate Easter but I don't want my children to feel completely cheated. So I'll also give them some Easter candy on Sunday morning, sitting on the table when they get up in the morning. I don't do Easter baskets though. Just candy in bags. Pretty simple.
4. Have an Easter dinner with my family plus a few others. My daughter-in-law's parents will be in town for graduation so we will have them over in addition to our regular crew.
5. On Easter morning we will read the story of Christ's Atonement, Crucifixion, and Resurrection.
Hopefully my children will grow in their testimonies of Christ as we do those things.
Here's a really moving video about Christ's impact on all of us:
http://easter.mormon.org/?cid=HPTU041514694
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