During March I had Irish themed charms on my little tree, in honour of St Patrick, and they stayed up until Holy Saturday (4th April).
Easter is here now so I have taken away the old and displayed my little eggs. I've had these for quite a few years. Indeed, they were the first non-Christmassy themed decorations I had for this tree.
For Christians, eggs represent the sealed tomb of Jesus from which new life springs. In the Middle Ages eggs were forbidden during Lent so Easter eggs (of the hen variety!) would have been very welcome after the austerity of the previous weeks.
I treated myself to a small(ish) chocolate egg on Easter Sunday but I made sure I had real eggs too for breakfast.
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