My husband was taken out by our kids for Easter lunch
at a hotel nearby. I stayed home working on a short
story for publication. It was a quiet day. The grandkids
and their parents got packages of Hahndorf chocolates
and chocolate Easter eggs. We were given some coloured
eggs. We watched the movie - "The Ten Commandments" in
the evening.

That's about it.

Easter came and went - with little fuss.
I'm sorry that others had a less enjoyable time.
It shouldn't be that way. And certainly we should all
be safe when going for a walk in our neighbourhood.
Although I wouldn't do it alone, especially at hight.

Foxy,

Ten Commandments is recommended for the kids: no crucifixions. Just Red Sea tsunamis and drowning Egyptians.

If you want them to see 'So yesterday' stuff like Roman crucifixions you need to let them watch The Greatest Story Ever Told or Mel Gibson's The Passion Of Christ.

PS I don't know where they got the plot for the Ten Commandments with thousands of Hebrew slaves toiling on Early Dynasty pyramids which were just 'so yesterday' at the time of Moses because guess what surprise surprise there is no evidence of Hebrew slaves in the Egyptian archaeological record.

My grandkids watched the DVD, "The Star." which is
age appropriate for them.

As for "The Ten Commandments?" I still enjoy watching it.
What writers, film producers do with films -
is only bound by their own imagination.

"The Passion of The Christ," I found too graphic for
children and not age appropriate for my grandkids.

cont'd ...

I forgot to add that "The Ten Commandments"
according to the web - "was produced for a cost
of 13.5 million dollars (nearly 120 million dollars today).
This biblical drama was, at the time the most expensive
movie ever made and its initial release took in $120
million worldwide ($1.06 billion today). "

Foxy,

I bet it would have been even more popular if they had thrown in a couple of crucifixions.

Mr O,

The Ten Commandments tells the story of Moses.

BTW: What do you get when you pour hot water into
a rabbit hole?

Hot cross bunnies.

How does Easter end?

With an "R!"