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Yes, it’s that time of year again. Time for Easter Sunday, and everything that comes along with the lovely day that is celebrated around the world, the Easter holiday. For some, Easter is a time when we get religious and go to church. And that means that it’s one of 3 times that we go to church (Easter Sunday, Thanskgiving, and Christmas Eve). But for others, like my kids, it’s time for the Easter Bunny to make an appearance.

From Wikipedia, Easter means:

Easter  is an important annual religious feast in the Christian liturgical year.[1] According to Christian scripture, Jesus was resurrected from the dead three days[2] after his crucifixion. Many Christian denominations celebrate this resurrection on Easter Day or Easter Sunday[3] (also Resurrection Day or Resurrection Sunday), two days after Good Friday. The chronology of his death and resurrection is variously interpreted to be between A.D. 26 and 36.

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Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Tin of Goodies – 6 Gourmet Cookies $24.00 Our Easter snack tin is filled with any confection you can imagine, including a bag with a 1/2 dozen of our Scrumptiously Delicious Gourmet Cookies. Certainly this conglomerate of goodies would be a great treat to bring to the office, but you might want to hide it for your own private stash! Includes four Easter eggs and extra holiday chocolates! Each tin has a total of 9 different snack items and 6 gourmet cookies. We place bubble wrap on the bottom of every tin to help in protecting the food items and ensuring a safe arrival. *(we will change items based on availability and heat)   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Box – 12 Gourmet Cookies $18.00 Our white Easter gift box has been a best seller since it was introduced. 1 dozen cookies individually wrapped then placed in a clear sleave, tied with a ribbon and wrapped in tissue. What a great way to suprise any recipient for any occasion! Our cookies will surely enhance any celebration! Includes bonus holiday chocolates for a Happy Easter celebration.   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Flower Pot – 6 Gourmet Cookies $44.00 Each Easter Cookie Bouquet is hand made to order and shipped with care. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! Order now and help them celebrate their special Easter occasion with a gift from The Cookie Garden. Also includes an Easter egg for the Easter egg hunt! Name is optional – Leave it blank if you do not want anything personalized on the pot. Name examples: Dan, Nancy and Dave, Mom, The Cookie Garden   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Basket – 6 Gourmet Cookies $42.00 Our Happy Easter baskets are beautiful and make a great gift. We even have baskets that can hold up to 6 dozen!! Makes a great business to business gift for a group of people! We even include some Easter Eggs for the Easter Egg Hunt (*note for 1/2 dozen cookies the basket will be smaller. We may also use a natural basket)   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Tin – 12 Gourmet Cookies $25.00 This big Easter gift tin offers more than a flashy exterior; it’s filled to the rim with a delectable full dozen assortment from our 6 cookie varieties! Also included is one Easter egg and some assorted holiday chocolates. As with all of our gifts, we combine only the best quality ingredients to make up our unique catalog collection. Your recipient will surely have a Happy Easter when they get a gift from the Cookie Garden. Our gift tins are specially packed to make sure your gift arrives fresh and in excellent condition. We start each tin with a piece of bubble wrap then tissue then lay the cookies in and wrap the tissue over them. Each tin is sealed with a special tape that locks in the freshness.   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Tin Stemmed – 6 Gourmet Cookies $28.00 Each Easter gift tin is hand made to order and shipped with care. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! Order now and help them celebrate their special occasion with a gift from The Cookie Garden. Includes a hidden Easter Egg! Name is optional – Leave it blank if you do not want anything personalized on the tin. Name examples: Dan, Nancy and Dave, Mom, The Cookie Garden   Buy now! Easter Cookie Gift Tray – 12 Gourmet Cookies $39.00 Each Easter Cookie Gift Tray is hand made to order and shipped with care. Our special Easter Tray comes loaded with 12 gourmet cookies, 4 Easter Eggs and assorted chocolates. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! Order now and help them celebrate their special occasion with a gift from The Cookie Garden.   Buy now! Easter Tote Cookie Gift – 6 Gourmet Cookies $34.00 Each Easter Cookie Bouquet is hand made to order and shipped with care. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! Order now and help them celebrate Easter with a cookie arrangement from the Cookie Garden   Buy now! Easter Long Stem Cookie Gift – 6 Gourmet Cookies $27.00 Imagine their surprise when they open this Easter Long Stem Cookie Gift filled with a bouquet of our assorted stemmed cookies! An elegant and oh-so delicious gift for a sweetheart, colleague, or client. We have been in business for over 20 years and this product is our top seller. What a sweet way to celebrate Easter! (The cookies are displayed this way for photographic reasons. When shipped, they are arranged in a clear sleave and tied with a ribbon. The inside of the box also has bubble wrap to protect the cookies.)   Buy now! Easter Bunny Egg Cookie Bouquet – 6 Gourmet Cookies $38.00 Each Easter Bunny cookie bouquet is hand made to order and shipped with care. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! The Easter Bunny planter features a realistic forest scene. He is so cute and ready to gobble up all of your Easter candy. Order now and help them celebrate this special holiday with a gift from The Cookie Garden. One Plastic Candy filled Egg is hidden in the gift and also includes 5 chocolates.   Buy now! Easter Bunny Cookie Bouquet – 6 Gourmet Cookies $32.00 Each Easter Bunny cookie bouquet is hand made to order and shipped with care. Your loved one will surely feel special when they start eating our scrumptious cookies! The Easter Bunny planter features a realistic forest scene. He is so cute and ready to gobble up all of your Easter candy. Order now and help them celebrate this special holiday with a gift from The Cookie Garden. One Plastic Candy filled Egg is hidden in the gift and also includes 5 chocolates.   Buy now! Easter Wood Bird House – 6 Gourmet Cookies $48.00 Our all new wood bird house is hand made in the USA by a local Wood Worker. Each Bird house is ready to hang and comes with a personalized wood sign with Happy Easter. (Bird and nest not included!)

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Easter also refers to the season of the church year called Eastertide or the Easter Season. Traditionally the Easter Season lasted for the forty days from Easter Day until Ascension Day but now officially lasts for the fifty days until Pentecost. The first week of the Easter Season is known as Easter Week or the Octave of Easter. Easter also marks the end of Lent, a season of prayer and penance.

Easter is a moveable feast, meaning it is not fixed in relation to the civil calendar. Easter falls at some point between late March and late April each year (early April to early May in Eastern Christianity), following the cycle of the Moon. After several centuries of disagreement, all churches accepted the computation of the Alexandrian Church (now the Coptic Church) that Easter is the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first moon whose 14th day (the ecclesiastic “full moon”) is on or after March 21 (the ecclesiastic “vernal equinox”).

Easter is linked to the Jewish Passover not only for much of its symbolism but also for its position in the calendar.

Cultural elements, such as the Easter Bunny and Easter egg hunts, have become part of the holiday’s modern celebrations, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike. There are also some Christian denominations who do not celebrate Easter.

Here in North America, Easter always falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25th. The day after Easter, Easter Monday, is actually a legal holiday in many countries. But not in the USA. In Eastern Orthodox Churches (those churches who use the Julian calendar for religious dates), Easter also falls on a Sunday between March 22 and April 25th, inclusive of the Julian calendar.

Here in North America, in the British Isles, and in New Zealand and Australia, Easter has been secularized, so much so that many families participate in Easter only by decorating Easter eggs on the Saturday evening before Easter Sunday: the kids then hunt for Easter eggs on Easter Sunday morning. By Easter Sunday morning, the Easter bunny has hidden them all over the house and all over the yard.

But, like I said, it’s all about the Easter Bunny and, in our home, it’s all about the Easter Cookies we get every year from Cookies By Design, the gift basket people.

How “sweet” is that?

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