Easter egg

Easter eggs, also called Paschal eggs, are decorated eggs that are often given to celebrate Easter or springtime. As such, Easter eggs are common during the season of Eastertide (Easter season). The oldest tradition is to use dyed and painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as chocolate. Eggs, in general, were a traditional symbol of fertility, and rebirth.

History

The practice of decorating eggshells is ancient, predating Christian traditions. Ostrich eggs with engraved decoration that are 60,000 years old have been found in Africa. Decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.

The Christian custom of the Easter egg, can be traced as far back as the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection. The Roman Ritual, the first edition of which was published in 1610 but which contains texts of much older date, has among the Easter Blessings of Food, along with those for lamb, bread, and new produce, the following blessing for eggs:

FamilyFun

FamilyFun is a family magazine published 10 times annually by Meredith Corporation.

History and profile

Launched in 1991 by Jake Winebaum,FamilyFun is written for parents with children aged 3 to 12, and focuses on family cooking, vacations, parties, holidays, crafts, and learning. The magazine was purchased by Disney Publishing Worldwide in 1992 and Meredith acquired FamilyFun from Disney in 2012.Disney Interactive relaunched its FamilyFun.go.com site as Spoonful.com in 2012. FamilyFun is now part of the Parents.com network.

The headquarters of the magazine was in Des Moines, Iowa, until late May 2015 when it moved to New York City. In August 2015 Elizabeth Anne Shaw became the editor-in-chief of FamilyFun.

References

External links

FamilyFun magazine official site

Disney's Spoonful.com

Egg Hunt

Egg Hunt was a one-off band/project of long time friends and musicians Ian MacKaye and Jeff Nelson, former singer and drummer of the hardcore punk band Minor Threat, respectively. During a 1986 trip to England's Southern Studios to discuss possible European distribution of Dischord releases with owner John Loder, the three decided to make a record together, and the project was dubbed "Egg Hunt" for festive reasons (it was Easter time). John took a seat in the producer's chair, while Ian and Jeff handled all the instruments.

Egg Hunt's only release, a self-titled 7", was, according to reviewer Ron DePasquale, an example of "experimental, post-hardcore" music. The song "We All Fall Down," appearing on the second side, was a song that Ian had originally written for his earlier band, Embrace, but it was discarded by that band. Although seemingly a small release in comparison to Dischord's significant catalog, this record is still a notable example of MacKaye and Nelson's songwriting abilities, as well as their chemistry together as artists.

Egg hunt

An egg hunt is a game during which decorated eggs, real hard-boiled ones or artificial, filled with or made of chocolate candies, of various sizes, are hidden in various places for children to find. The game may be both indoors and outdoors.

When the hunt is over, prizes may be given out for various achievements, such as the largest number of eggs collected, for the largest or smallest egg, for the most eggs of a specific color, consolation prizes, booby prizes, etc.

Real eggs may further be used in egg tapping contests. If eggs filled with confetti left from Mardi Gras (cascarones) are used, then an egg fight may follow.

Eggs are placed with varying degree of concealment, to accommodate children of varying ages. In South German folk traditions it was customary to add extra obstacles to the game by placing them into hard-to reach places among nettles or thorns.

History

The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in pre-Christian celebrations of spring. However, the Easter egg itself was defined by early Christians as an Easter symbol of the resurrection of Jesus: the egg symbol was likened to the tomb from which Christ arose.

Surprise

Surprise may refer to:

Surprise (emotion), a brief emotional state experienced as the result of an unexpected significant event

Science and mathematics

Surprise (networks), a measure for evaluating the quality of community structure in complex networks

Surprise (apple), a pink-fleshed apple

Places

Surprise Station, California or Surprise, California

Surprise Valley (disambiguation)

Entertainment

"Surprise" (Buffy the Vampire Slayer), episode 13 of season 2 of the television series Buffy the Vampire Slayer

Surprise (1991 film), a 1991 short by Pixar

Surprise (2015 film), a 2015 Chinese film

Surprise! (film), a 1995 short by Veit Helmer

¡Sorpresa!, a TV network whose name means "Surprise!" in Spanish

Music

5urprise, a South Korean band

Surprise Records, a record label

Surprise Symphony, Symphony No. 94 by Joseph Haydn

Albums

Surprise (Better Than Ezra album), 1990 by Better Than Ezra

Surprise (Crystal Waters album), 1991 by Crystal Waters

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Edit Gamespot 14 Jul 2017

For the last three months, we've been hiding Cosmic Popcorn in our videos as an easter egg -- or easter popcorn -- for our viewers. Now we're giving you the chance to win an exclusive 2017 SDCC Cosmic Popcorn t-shirt while supplies last. Good luck! ... ....

First Ready Player One Image Is Loaded With Pop Culture Easter Eggs

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For that reason, it's not surprising that even a single image from the film in full of easter eggs ... However, the real easter eggs that we expect to see a lot of in Ready Player One are references to 80s pop culture ... Ready Player One is likely to have more easter eggs than we can count when it comes out early next year ... If you find any other easter eggs we don't see, let us know in the comments below. Leave a Comment ... close ... Comments. ....

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Entertainment Weekly debuted the image, which is chock-full of Easter eggs ... He's searching for a valuable Easter egg which could net him a huge fortune ... You can spot a Garbage Pail Kids sticker and "Star Trek" and "Masters of the Universe" lunchboxes ... ....

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Hibernian head coach Neil Lennon has moved on from Efe Ambrose’s late return for pre-season after the Nigerian defender rejoined his team-mates ... But Lennon, whose team host Montrose in the Betfred Cup on Saturday, has told Hibs TV ... Lennon admits his squad will be supplemented by young players for the Easter Road game ... ....

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But the first image from the movie has now been released by Entertainment Weekly--check it out below.. The picture shows Tye Sheridan as lead character Wade Watts, a teenager who enters a virtual reality world in an attempt to find three "Easter Eggs" left by its eccentric creator. Ready Player One hits theaters on March 30, 2018 ... ....

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International tourist arrivals grew by six pct in first four months of 2017

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The organization explained that the four-month period, which covers the "winter season in the Northern Hemisphere and the summer season in the Southern Hemisphere as well as the Chinese New Year and Easter holidays," usually "represents some 28 percent of the yearly total." ... ....

Dublin man accused of vandalising Eamon de Valera’s headstone served book of evidence

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A Dublin man accused of vandalising Eamon de Valera’s headstone has been served with a book of evidence and returned for trial ... He faced his fourth hearing at Dublin District Court where he was served with a book of evidence ... Former taoiseach and Easter 1916 Rising commander Eamon de Valera died in 1975 and was buried in Glasnevin Cemetery ... ....

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