EasterThis month we celebrated Easter, and for me it has always been about family and tradition. Being a first generation Italian-American, my parents were born and married in Italy, I shared as many Italian customs as American. It also meant certain holidays were linked to certain foods, at Thanksgiving there was turkey, at Christmas it was roast beef or goose, and at Easter it was lamb. Both my husband and I love all the holidays-the preparation, decoration and the flowers. But for each one, especially Easter and Christmas, you must always ask yourself what it means, what is special about that day.
Easter is a time of renewal, to begin again, like spring.
We follow the Catholic customs during Lent, so we look forward to Easter Sunday. My husband's Grandmother was Russian, so when I married into the Biolato family there were many Eastern European traditions already in place. I then added some of my Polish customs. Well, first is what everyone calls spring cleaning, and I mean from top to bottom. It takes days, we even dust behind the pictures.