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    Easter for Children
    Easter for Children
    Easter for Children
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    Easter for Children

    By Carol Rainbow

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    The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity and it is a time of year when a whole festival including a holiday and celebrations take place all around the Christian world.This is a simple version of the Easter story and ideas for activities that children may enjoy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherCarol Rainbow
    Release dateFeb 23, 2012
    ISBN9781466130708
    Easter for Children
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    Carol Rainbow

    Long time educator made redundant last year so spending time writing, teaching English and doing any work offered...Wife, mum, grandma...doggie walker, swimmer, reader, listener to music...Techie sort of person...Happy :-)I just love life basically :-D

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      Easter for Children - Carol Rainbow

      Easter

      The Easter story is at the heart of Christianity and it is a time of year for a whole festival including a holiday and celebrations take place all around the Christian world.

      This picture was shared on Flickr by Merleymel13 on a CC BY-SA 2.0 license http://www.flickr.com/photos/merelymel/2354179300/sizes/s/in/photostream/. Used with thanks.

      Published by Carol Rainbow at Smashwords

      Copyright 2012

      This ebook is licensed for your personal use only. This ebook may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

      Contents

      The Easter Story

      Shrove Tuesday or Fat Tuesday

      Mardi Gras

      Ash Wednesday

      Holy Week

      Palm Sunday

      Monday

      Tuesday and Wednesday

      Holy Thursday

      Good Friday

      Easter Saturday

      Easter Sunday

      Easter Customs

      Easter Bunny

      Passion Plays

      Easter Activities

      Acknowledgements

      The Easter Story

      The whole Easter period has a lead up of 40 days. This is the 40 days that Jesus fasted in the desert awaiting the events of Holy Week. Christians also fast during these 40 days, it is a period that we call Lent.

      Shrove Tuesday, Mardi Gras Day or Fat Tuesday

      Lent is started the day after Shrove Tuesday which is better known in the UK as Pancake

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