EASTER EGG ISLAND - "I AM TINEE"

I AM TINEE - By Swinda Reichelt

TINEE AND EASTER EGG ISLAND

One afternoon, Auntie Tantee was telling a story to Tinee about a special floating island far away from CloudsTown.

This fantastic place is where the Great Easter Bunny lives and prepares all of the beautifully decorated Easter Eggs. The Easter Bunny then hides these eggs all over the world early Easter morning. When the children wake up, they grab their Easter Baskets and try to collect as many as they can.

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While Tinee was listening to her Auntie's wonderful story, Tinee began to daydream about this amazing place. Suddenly her nose started to itchy twitchy, Tinee rubbed her nose and POOF!

The practice of decorating eggshell is ancient, pre-dating Christian traditions. Ostrich eggs with engraved decoration that are 60,000 years old have been found in Africa. Decorated ostrich eggs, and representations of ostrich eggs in gold and silver, were commonly placed in graves of the ancient Sumerians and Egyptians as early as 5,000 years ago.

The custom of the Easter egg, however, originated in the early Christians of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. The Christian Church officially adopted the custom, regarding the eggs as a symbol of the resurrection.

Although the tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with confectionery such as jelly beans. These eggs can be hidden for children to find on Easter morning, which may be left by the Easter Bunny. They may also be put in a basket filled with real or artificial straw to resemble a bird's nest.

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