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Easter, Eggs and Looking for a Broody Hen

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Easter   is the oldest and most important Christian feast, celebrating the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion, as described in the New Testament. It is preceded by Lent, a forty-day period of fasting and penance. Easter is a  moveable feast  and is celebrated on the first Sunday after the first spring full moon. In  Western Christianity  (including Catholic and Protestant traditions) which uses Gregorian calendar the date of Easter varies between 22 March and 25 April. Eastern Christianity uses the Julian Calendar and for this reason it celebrates Easter about two weeks later, varying between 4 April and 8 May on the Gregorian calendar. So,if you can get your head around all that, or even if you can't, today where I am is Easter day. As with most festivals, there are many traditions surrounding the celebration and many stories and legends around the word Easter, To some it is the celebration of Spring and of Eostre, a pagan Anglo Saxon go