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If you love Easter, then Orlando, Florida, is the place to visit.
Orlando is a place of bright sun and vibrant greenery; what better place to enjoy an Easter egg hunt with the kids. The city offers numerous organized hunts each year, hosted by churches, community centers, businesses and nonprofit organizations.
Orlando also hosts Easter events that offer a combination of activities; at these family-oriented springtime celebrations, the egg hunt could be combined with everything from breakfast with the Easter bunny to a surfing competition.
Indeed, the Annual Ron Jon Surf Shop Easter Surfing Festival takes place each Easter weekend at Cocoa Beach. In addition to a surfing contest featuring participants ages 12 to 80, the festival features an Easter egg hunt, surf clinics and demonstrations, as well as a food court.
Those who are particularly religious, and/or who are fans of historical tourist attractions, may wish to visit the Holy Land Experience in Orlando over the Easter holiday. This internationally acclaimed theme park offers live reenactments of key events in the life of Jesus Christ (and even a photo opportunity with an actor playing Jesus), as well as exhibits that describe and define the culture and architecture of ancient Jerusalem. The park offers indoor and outdoor exhibits, as well as food and shopping.
Regardless of just how one chooses to party in Orlando during the Easter holiday, he/she should not forget to bring along some primo party supplies. These could include an oversized paper mache Easter bunny as a centerpiece, as well as colorful Easter egg placemats, hanging ornaments, and piñatas, and an array of bountiful springtime floral arrangements. And it goes without saying that egg dying kits are a must!
An amazing place to visit for Easter is Orlando, Florida, where one is always assured a sunny Easter and fun for the whole family.
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Right click to copy the the printable Easter puzzle below.
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Right click to copy the the printable Easter puzzle
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* Easter is a religious holiday and recognition of spring, the return of life.
* Easter is celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God.
* The 8th-century English scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter is thought to come from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the vernal equinox.
* Traditions associated with pagan festivals survive in the Easter rabbit, a symbol of fertility, and in colored Easter eggs, originally painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring, and used in Easter-egg rolling contests, Easter egg hunts, or given as gifts.
* There is a definite connection between the Jewish Passover and the Christian feast of Easter since Christ died on the first Jewish Easter Day. Christ's death and Resurrection had its figures and types in the Old Law, particularly in the paschal lamb, which was eaten towards evening of the 14th of Nisan.
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