tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post8840814783877457864..comments2023-09-26T12:18:39.374+03:00Comments on Boreal Expat: Easter in FinlandKent Tankersleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01848650819768345044noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-80623451004844324032014-05-31T01:13:53.219+03:002014-05-31T01:13:53.219+03:00I am positive you must know this, but the Easter &...I am positive you must know this, but the Easter "trick-or-treating" is not a Christian tradition, it is a pre-existing pagan one that was absorbed into Easter because it takes place at the same time of year. They are literally dressed as "little witches" who will say a blessing if you give them a treat, or a curse if you don't. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-55624372490439419062013-04-08T01:17:13.192+03:002013-04-08T01:17:13.192+03:00Kamala blogi. Tai oikeastaan aika tylsä. Anteeksi ...Kamala blogi. Tai oikeastaan aika tylsä. Anteeksi nyt.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-52566074166690702502013-04-08T00:06:44.448+03:002013-04-08T00:06:44.448+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-33705198127706943202013-04-07T23:47:42.505+03:002013-04-07T23:47:42.505+03:00This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-4490118972798610972011-04-24T17:46:49.252+03:002011-04-24T17:46:49.252+03:00We've just had a couple today at lunch that I ...We've just had a couple today at lunch that I brought from Finland. We thought the shell was sweet so got a bit of a surprise! I was introduced to Mamme by my friend Anne when in Salo but refused to try it as it looks ghastly. My Mother used to make paskha for Russian Easter (a bit later than in the West) but I actually found it a bit cheesy. What I did love was going to the Russian Easter service at midnight as a child and following that procession. They would chant "Xristos Vaskresi" meaning Christ has Risen. Then we would go home to a middle of the night meal of paskha, kulich (sort of bun cake) and painted egss. Your post brought back so many childhood memories:-)Afternoon Tea and Talk. https://www.blogger.com/profile/17723773799587092765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2309385158537254711.post-82998509670308597822011-04-24T16:59:18.258+03:002011-04-24T16:59:18.258+03:00Wow! I'd KILL for one of those chocolate eggs!...Wow! I'd KILL for one of those chocolate eggs! I'm a chocoholic in my old age. I could take it or leave it in my youth, but around the age of 35 or so I developed a craving for the stuff. I have to limit myself.<br /><br />The maami looks really good! I wouldn't mind trying some of that, too.<br /><br />Easter was something I barely recognized as a young person since I was raised completely without religion. We did do some of the stuff--such as a picnic with an Easter egg hunt (which I liked as a very small boy), but these were strictly secular affairs. I don't think I so much as entered a church building until I was about nine years old and then it was only out of curiosity and I was totally horrified by what I witnessed.James Robert Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17281049641681225389noreply@blogger.com