Friday, April 15, 2022

Easter Basket - Canasta de Pascua

In our Church, Easter Basket Blessing is a great traditions shared from our  Polish parishioners. This  early-medieval tradition  is called "Święconka," meaning the blessing of the Easter Baskets.


The Baskets can contain a sampling of Easter foods to be blessed on Holy Saturday for gatherings on Easter Sunday. In some countries, the food in the Polish Easter Basket is similar to the Jewish Passover Menu, but you can add additional items to the basket such as a good Easter Book.

The foods in the baskets have a symbolic meaning as follow:
Eggs - symbolize life and Christ's resurrection
Bread - symbolic of Jesus
Lamb - represents Christ
Salt - represents purification.
Horseradish - symbolic of the bitter sacrifice of Christ
Ham - symbolic of great joy and abundance

 EASTER Basket IDEAS 

One excellent advice to prepare the Easter Basket for children is: 
Have something to read, to eat, to drink and some games to have fun. 

Activity for kids

We are all connected in one way or another in faith and traditions.This year, I selected these readings to celebrate diverse traditions during Easter's Sunday: 
Read: Tekla’s Easter  (1962) and Catherine’s Pascha (2015) Children's Stories.

Both books tell the story of one little girl who is celebrating Easter. 
The Eastern and Western point of view had one thing in common: 
Celebrate Easter with family and church community.



For dessert what about and individual Easter Bread?

CookingActivity - Recetas
Golden Easter Punch
Spring Parties, Easter Parties and Golden Easter Punch to celebrate the Season. I learned this recipe helping in my children's school activities as volunteer mom. Now as teacher, I make punch for spring activities or special occasions at home. Let’s celebrate Spring/Easter with a Golden Punch and bilingual literature.
Golden Easter Punch Recipe

Ingredients:
1 (46 ounce) can pineapple juice
1 (12 ounce) can orange juice concentrate, thawed
1 (6 ounce) can lemonade concentrate, thawed
1/2 teaspoon vanilla
1 (2 liter) bottle 7-up (or other carbonated lemon-lime beverage)
1 quart pineapple sherbet

Directions:
Mix juices and vanilla in a large punchbowl.  
Add 7-up, stirring well.
Add sherbet just before serving.
                    
                                                  Welcome Easter!
Welcome new Season, 
With colors and golden punch, 
Happy days to come!

Todos estamos conectados de una manera u otra en la fe y tradiciones. Este año, he seleccionado estas lecturas para celebrar diversas tradiciones durante el domingo de Pascua. Celebremos nustras tradiciones y comidas durante las Festividades.
¡Felices Pascuas!

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Maritza Martínez Mejía

Mother, Author, Educator, Translator and Publisher
Member: FWA, MCBD Board of AdvisorsANLMI
International Read to Me! Day Ambassador.
Received Crystal Apple Award, VCB Poetry Award, Latino Book Awards 2016 & Author’s Talk

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