Posted on : 30th Mar 2010
This year Easter Day is on 4 April 2010.
The most important of all Christian festivals, Easter is also one of the most awaited holiday in a calender year. It is a spring festival that celebrates resurrection of Christ three days after his crucifixion. It is a holiday that celebrates the qualities of hope, faith and renewal.

All the Christian moveable feasts and the entire liturgical year of worship are decided as per Easter. The dates of Easter keep changing every year, for example, Easter 2010 is on 4th April. The Lent season precedes Easter. Lent is a 40-day period of fasting that asks for repentance culminating in Holy Week. It is then followed by a 50-day Easter Season that stretches from Easter to Pentecost.

It is very well known that the symbols most associated with the festival of Easter are the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs. Since, this is a festival with pagan origins, its symbols too share a history as ancient as this holiday. Easter Bunny is considered symbolic with the pagan festival of Eastre, or Easter (of today). The egg also represents rebirth in many cultures the world over.

It is customary to wrap eggs in a gold leaf or decorated in natural colours of leaves and flowers. Children too hunt coloured eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the plastic or chocolate Easter eggs. Indian Gifts Portal has, in keeping with the customs and traditions of this holiday, introduced a range of Easter Gifts which include Easter Gift Baskets, Easter Eggs and Easter Bunnies/Bears.

The Easter Gift Baskets available here have a variety of items from chocolates, cakes, cookies, candies, Easter eggs and soft toys are also part of these special Easter gifts.

Other non traditional Easter gifts available at Indian Gifts Portal include decoratives from Crafts & Family, Personalised Photo Gifts, Time Pieces and products from Apparel & Fashion. Portal.

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