EASTER

We always got new somethings for Easter. It was traditional to get new hats. Naturally you couldn't go to church without a hat in those days. I think there were always Easter eggs, sometimes just candy ones. I don't think we overdid the day. We would always go to church on Easter. I remember going to Easter sunrise services but I don't remember if they were at the church or if maybe it was a citywide thing. My mother would make a ham dinner if my daddy didn't take us out for dinner. Of course I would rather go out to eat, I didn't like my mother frazzled on a holiday. I remember having an Easter basket. I always made Easter baskets for my girls. I don't think we went into the fantasy of Easter bunnies when I was little. On Easter morning my mother was too occupied getting her family into their new outfits for church. Ralph had a habit of demanding his sisters bring him breakfast in bed on any holiday.