Student Easter Traditions

By Ryleigh Watson | Spring is a time that many all love. It means good weather, pastel colors, and Easter.  

When most people think of Easter, it’s mostly thoughts of the Easter bunny, egg hunts, egg decorating and the traditions their families celebrate.  

Kennedy Dolmage, freshman allied health science major from Kingwood, Houston feels the same way. 

“My favorite thing about Easter is my family’s traditions. Every year we go to our hometown church service then we have Easter lunch,” said Dolmage. 

Everyone has their own type of traditions that make the holiday feel right. Even little things add up to make the day feel special.  

Chandler Noble, junior criminal justice major, from Commerce, Texas said his traditions make him excited to go home. 

“Going home is always fun because I get to see my parents, but going home on holidays just makes it feel a little more special,” said Noble. “Knowing that on Easter I am getting to see people I do not get to see all the time makes going home just a little better. It may not seem like a tradition but knowing every year we will have family at the house makes it our tradition.” 

Not only is going home during college breaks special for many students due to seeing family, but professors also get excited and ready for Easter break to come.  

Jenni Harwood, Resident Director of Veda Hodge Hall, and Housing director has both personal traditions and her family ones. 

“In my family growing up, my mom would pretend to be the Easter bunny and hide our Easter baskets. So, when we woke up on Easter morning, we had to go around the house and find them. That was our family tradition,” said Harwood. “My favorite tradition is something my family does not do, but I’ve decided to do it as an adult. I will try to go see the sunrise on Easter morning.” 

As kids grow up they start to realize there are things they want to bring from their childhood to their own families, and sometimes that creates new traditions and memories. 

“I think it’s fun when they are little to find their Easter baskets. But I also think I will take them to see the sunrise. I want them to mainly focus on the resurrection meaning of the holiday,” said Harwood.

While some create new traditions like Harwood, there are some traditions that have been existent in families and children are thrown into them.

“I feel like everyone does Easter traditions their own way. But ever since I was born and all throughout growing up, I remember being ready to go to family Easter. When I was little I knew there was going to be Easter egg hunts and Easter baskets for all us kids,” said Noble.  “But now being an adult I just get ready to see family I haven’t seen in a while and it’s the same  excitement I had as a kid but just for a different reason.” 

As the traditions go on, people take things from the past and never want them to end.  

“Being little I always looked forward to running into the living room and seeing my Easter basket. Even being in college, I still love that my mom gets me an Easter basket. Every year she gets me stuff I need, but still it is something from my childhood that makes me happy,” said Dolmage.

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