{"id":1046,"date":"2009-02-20T00:30:00","date_gmt":"2009-02-20T06:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/weekly-genealogy-blogging-prompt-7\/"},"modified":"2013-07-12T19:21:15","modified_gmt":"2013-07-13T00:21:15","slug":"weekly-genealogy-blogging-prompt-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogy.julietarr.com\/blog\/weekly-genealogy-blogging-prompt-7\/","title":{"rendered":"Weekly Genealogy Blogging Prompt #7"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Prompt<\/strong> &#8211; Share your holiday traditions. How did you spend the 4th of July? Did the fire truck ever come to your house on Thanksgiving? Share your memories of all holidays, not just the December ones.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>With Easter just around the corner, I thought I&#8217;d share some stories and photos of Easters past.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 240px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh6.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SZ4_1QZ-lLI\/AAAAAAAAC_w\/vht7RoUgiJg\/CAHILL%2C%20Julie%20Marie%20CAHILL%20%26%20Jean%20Marie%20MILLER%20Photo%20021%5B7%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"240\" height=\"260\" align=\"right\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Mom, Easter 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Every year when I was younger, my mom would make hard-boiled eggs (at least a dozen, sometimes two dozen).\u00a0 She&#8217;d set out four mugs, usually the multi-color Tupperware mugs, each filled with vinegar and one of the four food coloring colors.\u00a0 Then, with our Tupperware egg holder-scoop thingy, we&#8217;d dip the eggs in a mug and viola, a colored Easter egg.<\/p>\n<p>Mom would get up early on Easter Sunday to hide the eggs.\u00a0 Then when I got up, it was off to search for them.\u00a0 Sometimes they were easy to find.\u00a0 Sometimes they were in the same special place year after year.\u00a0 Mom was also pretty creative; sometimes the eggs were in plain sight, yet hard to find.\u00a0 When I would get frustrated if I couldn&#8217;t find them, we&#8217;d play hot-and-cold until all the eggs were found.<\/p>\n<figure style=\"width: 229px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px none;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/lh3.ggpht.com\/_udfzp1vLXt0\/SZ4_1pT2gOI\/AAAAAAAAC_0\/VbJpcqNE9XM\/CAHILL%2C%20Julie%20Marie%20CAHILL%20%26%20Joseph%20CAHILL%20014%5B5%5D.jpg?imgmax=800\" width=\"229\" height=\"260\" align=\"left\" border=\"0\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me and Dad, Easter 1979<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Then it was off to nana and papa&#8217;s house for more egg hunting and Easter supper.<\/p>\n<p>My cousins and I would search high and low to find all the eggs.\u00a0 It was always a mad dash to the classic hiding spots like the mailbox and under the big brass floor candle holder.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;d sit down to a wonderful ham dinner with all the fixings.<\/p>\n<p>Easter was definitely one of my favorite holidays.\u00a0 A lot of fun and great food!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prompt &#8211; Share your holiday traditions. 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