For millions of families in the United States, Easter is an important holiday and a time to send Easter Invitations or Holiday Invitations Cards. The event stretches over a 46 day period that starts with Ash Wednesday. That period is known as Lent. During Lent, worshippers are supposed to change their dietary habits. As a result, some strict adherents actually won't eat certain types of meat or poultry during that period. However, some Protestant churches don't adhere to the guidelines as strictly. Instead, people can choose to give up something they really enjoy, such as cheesecake or soda, during the period as a form of sacrifice. Read more About Easter Invitations.
Because people can finally give up their period of sacrifice for a food celebration, a party is a great way to celebrate the conclusion of Lent. Be sure to pack the menu with all types of delicious comfort foods, such as macaroni and cheese, baked ham, roasted turkey, tons of desserts, deviled eggs, mashed potatoes, and other delicacies. If you don't want to cook at home, you can always make reservations for dinner at a nice restaurant. Be sure to make those reservations, too. After church services are over, those restaurants are going to be flooded with hungry celebrators. Of course, having the party at home is a good idea if you want to hold an Easter egg hunt for kids. You should be sure to get those party invitations in the mail a little early.
Of course, before you start enjoying the festivities too much you might want to learn more about the history of Easter that is quite fascinating. The Christian version of the holiday is related to Passover, also known as Pesach. Because most early Christians began as practicing Jews in the Hebrew tradition, the highly significant Pesach celebration no doubt influenced the celebration of Easter. The difference was that while Easter is meant to celebrate Jesus Christ's resurrection, Pesach celebrates the eight day escape of Jewish slaves from Egypt.
If you're happy knowing that much, you might be interested to know the origins of the holiday are actually centuries older. Traditions like colored eggs and the Easter Bunny are all symbols of fertility and were inspired by pagan spring festivals that celebrate the renewal of life and of crops. In fact, the day's name even comes from the names of fertility goddesses from Europe. Obviously, you may want to leave out the fertility connection on your Easter Invitations but understanding the connection between some of those commercial symbols and the religious traditions should be interesting.
The good news is that we can guarantee you the best price on Easter invites. Plus, we can actually go one step further than most vendors and can allow you to pick any design in our catalog then we can custom it to meet your specific needs. You can add photos and logos, for example, and use our instant preview to see how they are going to look immediately. You can approve your personalized holiday thank you cards prior to the purchase of those cards. Once you like them, you can place your order, you'll receive a proof, and your finished products will be shipped to you the same day. You can also benefit from our large selection of Easter invitations wording samples and verses examples that can make writing the cards for your party a lot easier and less stressful.
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