Celebrate Easter In Norway: A Trip To Remember With Family!
Celebrate Easter In Norway: A Trip To Remember With Family: Easter is a festival that is the oldest and the first festival of the Christian calendar. Easter is celebrated to re-commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. From the third day of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, he resurrected from the tomb. We celebrate Easter to remember Jesus as a hope that could give us victory over our sins. He died while taking everyone’s sins over himself. Wednesday before Easter is the last working day and on that day, shops and some business wind up their day early. Easter usually falls between 21 April to 25 April. This time, Easter falls on 21 April according to the Christian calendar.
As said above, the Wednesday before Easter is the last working day. On Wednesday, the last supply is available for the shopping of Easter. People wait for this day from a long time and when the day arrives, people go out to their mountain cabins, go camping, skiing or some people celebrate it by visiting their relatives. In Norway, the Easter holidays start from Thursday and from this day, all the stores and businesses are closed.
Celebrate Easter In Norway:
The upcoming Friday is known as Good Friday and it is a quiet day. On this day, people don’t eat meat. But many people don’t follow these traditions in Norway. Some people eat meat without irrespective of the traditions. After Good Friday, the Easter Saturday comes and on that day, it is not a public holiday and shops and businesses are open. There is a little activity but everyone closes their shops and businesses early. There are 2 types of celebration on the day before the actual Easter. Most people enjoy being in their home celebrating while some people enjoy having outdoor activities. Most of the schools take part in the skiing competitions that are organized by communities for school children.
After Saturday, Sunday follows up and that is the actual Easter Sunday. On Easter Sunday, people eat eggs in their breakfast. People also dye their boiled eggs or paint them before eating. A new tradition has emerged in Norway known as Easter egg hunt or Easter Bunny. In this people do an egg hunt. These additions to the traditions have been risen due to commercial advertisements and TV programs. In Norway, chicken eggs are the symbol of Easter. Eggs are mainly eaten in breakfast and in lunch, oranges and Kvikk Lunsj are eaten. Meanwhile, the dinner is prepared and on the Easter night, Easter lamb is eaten. Easter lamb is a must and is most popular in Norway.
Every year, there is a trend that is followed on Easter in Norway. The crime story genre has become a tradition in Norway during Easter. Most of the TV channels telecast crime miniseries in their channels. Milk company prints crime stories and brain teasers on their cartons and that is a quite fun thing for people. People try to solve these brain teasers and also even compete with each other in solving in first place. On Easter Sunday, TV channels organize quizzes in which many people take part.
As we know that every festival ends and so is the Easter festival. Easter Monday is the last day of the Easter holiday. On this day nothing special happens and everyone goes back on their track. On Monday, most of the shops and businesses open and working days start right from then. Well, Easter is losing its importance and people celebrate Easter just as a fun thing. People celebrate Easter for skiing, camping, etc. It is a good thing but the actual reason should not be forgotten and Jesus must be remembered for his sacrifices towards mankind.
