60N: Easter egg hunts with a twist
So Norskie kids, instead of getting a basket of goodies on Easter morning, get a papier-mache egg filled with candy. And the young flodnaks do as well.
I don't know how it started, however, but we do things a little differently: I hide their eggs, somewhere in the house. When they were little, I'd do the "hide it in plain view" trick. Now that they're older, I get more devious. I'm working out where to hide the eggs even as we speak.
I suppose this is based on the American Easter egg hunt traditions, but the thing is, my family never did that as a kid. We colored eggs, but they went straight into the fridge; one symbolic egg would be sitting amid the candy in each Easter basket, but the baskets themselves were always placed in plain view on the table. So I don't know how we started it, but we keep it up, because the boys enjoy it and I enjoy it at least as much.
I don't know how it started, however, but we do things a little differently: I hide their eggs, somewhere in the house. When they were little, I'd do the "hide it in plain view" trick. Now that they're older, I get more devious. I'm working out where to hide the eggs even as we speak.
I suppose this is based on the American Easter egg hunt traditions, but the thing is, my family never did that as a kid. We colored eggs, but they went straight into the fridge; one symbolic egg would be sitting amid the candy in each Easter basket, but the baskets themselves were always placed in plain view on the table. So I don't know how we started it, but we keep it up, because the boys enjoy it and I enjoy it at least as much.