Confessions of a Practical Blonde: Where Have All the Bonnets Gone?

dying easter eggs

I did a little Googling and found out that the Easter Bunny was most likely introduced into American folklore by German settlers in the 1700s. The arrival of the Oschter Haws (Easter Bunny) was as important as the arrival of Christ Kindel (Chris Kringle aka Santa Claus).
Children believed if they were good, the Easter Bunny would leave a nest of colored eggs. Originally the children would make nests in a secluded place in the home. The girls would make their nest out of their bonnets; the boys used their caps. The use of Easter baskets began in the 19th century.
For me, Easter is a signal that spring is here. Which means warmer weather. Any question why Easter would be one of my favorite holidays? Plus, as an added bonus, I get to enjoy my mom’s baked ham - best in western Massachusetts.
Paas, Pez and Peeps
Our Easter traditions included dying Easter eggs using the Paas dying kits. After our fish fry on Good Friday, my mom would start to boil eggs. My dad would open the Paas kit and I pretended to be a mad scientist working with chemicals. I was really only working with a little vinegar and a food-color tablet. In my head, however, I was creating a concoction that would save the world and, of course, turn hard-boiled eggs blue!
After we finished dying the eggs, we would leave them on the table for the Easter Bunny to hide. I remember one Easter Sunday morning when I got up to find that an egg had been placed in my slipper! What was the Easter Bunny thinking? We found eggs all over the house that morning. One of the great joys of childhood is an Easter egg hunt.
Our Easter baskets always included a new Pez dispenser with a popular cartoon character. Donald Duck, Mickey Mouse, Popeye and Pluto were some of the dispensers I remember. Today, you can get any famous character out there. I recently bought a Little Mermaid and Spider-Man dispensers and they were not for my niece and nephew. They were gifts for a 22-year-old and a 40-year-old.

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7 Responses to “Confessions of a Practical Blonde: Where Have All the Bonnets Gone?”

  1. Damian says on March 21st, 2008 at 3:45 pm :

    Come on! Only minus 10 points without any substantive retort? Super weak!Edit: We’re at minus 11 but we can do better.Slipping back to minus 9 but if we add the minus 4 from this thread we are back up to minus 13. Come on we can do this! Yes we can?Back up to minus 12 for a total of minus 17!

  2. Ishmael says on March 21st, 2008 at 4:35 pm :

    NAFTA isn’t really the issue here, either. It’s whether she’s being deceitful.

  3. Shaniqua says on March 21st, 2008 at 5:26 pm :

    The issue at hand for me anyway is the capacity of Obama supporters to make inconsistent arguments thereby undermining his candidacy.

  4. Bernard says on March 21st, 2008 at 6:16 pm :

    Sigh. Once again, people take a quote out of context. Hillary’s full statement is:”I have been a critic of NAFTA from the very beginning of my presidential campaign.”

  5. Windsor says on March 21st, 2008 at 7:07 pm :

    Supporting NAFTA says nothing about her experience. But it says a lot about her judgment.

  6. Daniel says on March 21st, 2008 at 7:57 pm :

    The real truth about Hillary’s position on NAFTA has been there all along; it just takes a bit of reading and research to figure it out. The real problem here is that in order for it to get attention in mainstream media, Obama has to “attack” her on it. Mainstream media is so irresponsible and lazy that they will have politicians do their work for them. Ignore mainstream media. Seriously. Or, at the very least, don’t rely on them for true information. Blogs are a way better source of real, investigative, truth-uncovering journalism. Sad, but true.