Hot Cross Buns

Another tradition that some people observe at Easter is serving Hot Cross Buns on Good Friday. I wasn't planning to do it, but Caleb got up at 6:30 this morning. Everyone else slept in for 1 1/2 - 2 more hours. Instead of catching up on some of the things that are constantly piling up, I decided to try the Hot Cross Buns. I didn't have any raisins, so I used dried cranberries. The kids picked the cranberries out of theirs, but otherwise they were a big hit. I'm not sure if it will become a tradition for us, but it was fun for this year.
Ian is looking sad in the picture, because he can't have any. I made him other rolls, but they weren't done yet.
I was wondering why Easter is so early this year, and I found this information online.

^{Easter is early this year. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is Mar. 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar Calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on the chuch Calendar. Based on the above information, Easter can actually be one day earlier (Mar. 22) that is rare.}

Here is Interesting Information:

This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! Only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above.) None of us have ever, or will ever see it a day earlier!

Here Are The Facts:

The next time Easter will be this early, (Mar. 23) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now.) The last time it was this early was 1913. If you are 95 or older, you are the only people that were around for that! The next time it will be a day earlier, Mar. 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now.) the last time it was on Mar. 22 was 1818.

So…… no one alive today has or will ever see it earlier than this year! Interesting!!