{"id":1689,"date":"2017-04-14T14:01:42","date_gmt":"2017-04-14T18:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blinkyabooks.com\/?p=1689"},"modified":"2026-01-02T08:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T08:18:49","slug":"blink-blog-easter-traditions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.harpercollinsfocus.hcusweb.com\/blinkyabooks\/blink-blog-easter-traditions\/","title":{"rendered":"BLINK BLOG: Easter Traditions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Easter is this coming Sunday and some of our Blink authors share their family traditions! Keep reading below&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><b>Do you and your family have any Easter traditions?<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Alison Gervais: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Yes! We go to 9 am mass at our local parish all dressed in our Sunday best, and afterward we spend the rest of the day enjoying family time, a nice dinner, and of course an Easter egg hunt for all my adorable nieces and nephews. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Ashley Royer:<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"> I usually go over my grandparent\u2019s house for dinner. We have a little Easter egg hunt, and it is usually mostly money. One egg has $20, I think I found that egg once!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Heather Maclean: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We do an elaborate hunt for Easter baskets with clues that vary in difficulty according to your age: anywhere from a riddle to a clue written in binary code. Then we have a team competition, like a mini Amazing Race, where you have to shoot baskets, melt clues frozen in ice, look for the single red Cheerio in a giant box&#8211;fun stuff like that.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>McCall Hoyle: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We love to dye eggs, hide them, and hunt them in the woods and yard behind our house. We go to church and get together as a family&#8211;great eating ensues.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><b>Stephanie Morrill: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">We enjoy church as a family, and we hide eggs for the kids. One of our kids isn&#8217;t able to eat candy, so stuffing Easter eggs has become a bit more of a challenge than it once was. Then we have a nice dinner with my parents and my husband&#8217;s parents, since we&#8217;re fortunate enough to have both families in town. Easter is always a fun, celebratory day.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>What are your traditions? 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