The Bluffer - Red Bluff, CA
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Features Page 3 March 22, 2013 Easter Sunday in other countries Easter is widely celebrated, each country has unique cultural celebrations Ashlan Brunello Features Editor Easter is one of two Christian holidays. Christians celebrate both Christmas and Easter. Although Christmas is always on December 25, Easter���s date can move around on the calendar because it is based off of a lunar calendar. These calendars go off of lunar cycles which are the phases of the moon viewed from the earth every 27 days days as it orbits around the earth. Due to this, Easter can fall on a date that���s as early as March 22 or a date as late as April 12. A lot of people that celebrate Easter don���t in fact know the real reason that we have this holiday. This celebration is because of the crusifixion of Jesus Christ and his resurrection from the dead. Many people celebrate this Holiday in different ways. On Easter Sunday many churches hold a special service that celebrates the exact thing that made the holiday come to be. Along with church services, many families come together for a meal and for egg decorating. It is common to decorate hard boiled eggs, plastic eggs, chocolate eggs, candy eggs, and eggs made of different materials. Once they are decorated it is common to organize an Eas- ter egg hunt. It is more common to see little children involved in these hunts, however, all ages can get involved. Although we are all familar with these hunts and the Easter Bunny, nobody ever really acknowleges where the tradition of this famous bunny came from. The tradition of hiding eggs is told to have came from Europe. In the early 17th century, a German paper wrote about this trdition and about 200 years later, it was carried out. The Easter Bunnies name was first thought of in Germany. The name was Osterhase. Children would build nests out front of their homes and the Osterhase would bring newly decorated eggs to them. Different countries celebrate in unique ways. For instance, in France, they follow the tradition of giving out eggs but they fast the previous months eliminating eggs from their diets all together. In Czech Repoublic, Easter is no longer celebrated as a holiday that���s a ���great Catholics feast���. They celebrate Easter as a ���welcome to spring��� celebration. They take this day to meet up with family members and have dinner together. In several areas, fairs are held. At these fairs there are a lot of decorated eggs called ���kraslice���. They have the inside of the egg taken out and are placed around town, inside shops, and in homes. One more unique country is Italy. In Italy members of families swap eggs. Some of these eggs contain gifts inside. On Easter morning, the family sits down to a breakfast of salami, eggs, and a special cheese cake (a sweet bread that contains almonds and candied fruits.) The day after, Easter Monday, they all go out to the sea and have picnics. For non religious families, many use this holiday as a ���family day���. Many will take their kids out for a picnic and they will spend a nice day outside. This year Easter will be on March 31. S partan ound off What are your plans for Spring Break? Jay Woods (9) ���I plan to plant flowers in my garden.��� What are your traditions for Easter? ���I hide eggs for my kids and try to remember the baskets to make my kids believe in Easter.��� -Mr. Norton Mikenna Corry (10) ���I am going to Disneyand.��� ���Lots of family, great food, and Easter egg hunts.��� -Mrs. Gantenbein ���I go rabbit hunting with my family then we have dinner together.��� -Mr. Hein ���Plastering��� for Mrs. Palubeski Picture provided by Stacy Dausse ���Leadership and student government collaborated in the making of the posters for Mrs. Palubeski���s homecoming,��� said Mrs. Dausse, English and leadership teacher. Mrs. Palubeski left in October, 2012 for City of Hope to be treated for Leukemia. She had previously been treated here (2010) for lymphoma, an unrelated cancer. After arrival she recieved a bone marrow transplant. Palubeski has come home about two weeks ahead of schedule. She is recovering well and will continue to be monitored by doctors. Mac���s Driving School DMV# 4584 -Driver���s Ed-Driver���s Training- Online Courses- Traffic School- Get your permit over spring break! For details call 529-2828. Special spring break 4-day class from April 1-4. Steer your furture in the right direction by booking today. Willy Noble (11) ���I���ll be hanging out with my friends and going fishing.��� Picture provided by Stacy Dausse Mark Chriss/BLUFFER Leadership and student government have made the ���plastering��� a tradition. The first time Mrs. Palubeski came home from the City of Hope, the students welcomed her home by plastering dozens of posters to the front of her home and to her fence. She showed great appreciation so the two classes decided to show their support and how much she means to them in the same way. Maricela Gonzalez (12) ���Well, I���m grounded, so I plan on watching a lot of Netflix.��� Spartan Health Hunter Latham Staff Writer Recently, local hospitals in the Red Bluff area have been strongly encouraging all parents of teens, ages 14 through 19, to get a physical and vaccines, such as Tetanus, Diphtheria, Acelluar Petussis vaccine (Tdap), meningococcal, Varicella, Gardisil (for female patients), And hepatitis A vaccine. It is mandatory for all students entering the seventh grade to get the Acellular Pertussis vaccine. This vaccine is typically used to prevent the ���Whooping Cough���. The symptoms start off as sort of ���not a big deal��� but soon this cough develops into a coughing fit, which produce a high pitched ���whoop��� sound. This is really easy to spread to young children and babies, which is probably why the local middle schools are planning on making all seventh graders get it. The whooping cough affects nearly 50 million people every year, and has been known to kill. Parents of children around the age of 10 can also be eligible to sign their kid(s) up for the Child Health and Disability Prevention program. This program delivers health assignments to children (typically with low income parents) in California. If you have Medi-Cal, they can even pay for the physical exams and vaccines. If you would like to schedule an appointment for one of these, you can go to Lassen Medical Group in Red Bluff or in Cottonwood. The Tetanus shot is to prevent muscle spasm in the jaw (known as ���Lock Jaw���) and can occur anywhere else in the body. If you have not had these or know a young teen (preteen) that hasn���t, look into the ���Tdap��� Vaccine. Mr. Twitchell (Teacher) ���I���m going to rest, relax, recover, and recreate.��� Jill Dais (Attendance) ���I am going to Mexico to visit my daughter and grand baby.��� Sound Off/Sam Rodriguez