Easter is Filled with Hope

Easter celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection, making it the most vital of all Christian holy days. However, today the meaning of the holiday is masked by painted eggs and bunnies. Easter can fall anytime between March 22 and April 25 since is occurs the first Sunday after the full moon. Easter is also linked to the Jewish Passover in symbolism and it’s site in the calendar.

How does the rabbit and the eggs fit in? Well the rabbit is a well know sexual character of fertility. Religions connected with Babel associate the rabbit with periodicity, both human and lunar. The Mother Goddess Semiramis (Easter) is connected with the moon. Therefore, the Easter bunny symbolizes the Mother Goddess and is linked with once a year Spring time fertility rituals worshiping the Mother Goddess.

Colored Easter eggs are a part of the celebration too that came from the egg which was a holy symbol among the Babylonians. The thought that a marvelous size egg fell from heaven into the Euphrates River from which the Goddess Semiramis was hatched.

It makes you wonder how many of us truly think about the true meaning of this holiday other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has developed into another retail holiday and very retail oriented. However, it is a time for families to come together and celebrate the day. Kids love Easter for the gifts, candy and most of all the egg hunting which could take on a life of it’s own. Family member that are separated by geography frequently send Easter baskets to their loved ones. Grandparents send Filled Easter baskets for children boys to grand sons. Daughter and sons send Family Easter Basket to parents and siblings far away. These Easter food baskets contain candy, plastic eggs filled with goodies, cheese, crackers, brunch items and more

Surviving the Bar Exam with Gifts

Every year starts out on a high note,the majority have their resolutions either writtenout or at minimum in their heads. This time of reflection on the past gives us a standpoint of what we would like to transformin the future. Change is always good but hard to embrace and to make happen. As the employee charge with gifts for the employees I find it difficult to pick the right gifts that consist of the most excellent product for the right occasion that will please the the greater part.  We all know that nothing is just the thing so it goes with gifts. I call it one size fits all which really means fits none well.

I have learn that there are people out there more appropriate than I to make these design selections than I am. I have been working with Basketsbyrita.com for many years now and they are completely trustworthy.

They write the following:
Many companies employ over worked over stressed employees that they count on to guide the company through these rough times. These employees are the future successors that are working to finish projects, pass the bar exam or perhaps taking on additional duties where others have been laid off. These folks need a little TLC occasionally. If they are the young lawyer preparing for the bar exam send them a stress relief gift basket or survival gift basket the week prior to the exam along with a note stating ‘hang in there we are rooting for you’. If it a task in it’s final stages send the bar exam survival basket to their home to say “we appreciate all your extra efforts to keep the project on time.

The benefit this gift and message send far out way the dollars spent on these gifts. Statistics show that 60% of employees leave a corporation because they did not feel valued.  Having working in HR for a large corporation I recognize what it takes to keep employees content. Most of all I have learned that relationships are critical to the success of any business.

Easter The Meaning vs Today

Easter celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection, making it the most vital of all Christian holy days. However, today the meaning of the holiday is hidden by painted eggs and bunnies. Easter can fall anytime between March 22 and April 25 since is occurs the first Sunday after the full moon. Easter is also related to the Jewish Passover in symbolism and it’s position in the calendar.

Now what about the rabbit and the eggs? Well the rabbit is a well know sexual icon of fertility. Religions coupled with Babel associate the rabbit with periodicity, both human and lunar. The Mother Goddess Semiramis (Easter) is linked with the moon. Therefore, the Easter bunny symbolizes the Mother Goddess and is linked with annual Spring time fertility rituals worshiping the Mother Goddess.

Colored Easter eggs are a part of the events too that came from the egg which was a consecrated symbol among the Babylonians. The held that a amazing size egg fell from heaven into the Euphrates River from which the Goddess Semiramis was hatched.
With all that said not many of us really think too hard about the correct meaning of this holiday other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has become another retail holiday and very commercialized. On the other hand, it is a time for families to join and celebrate the day.

Kids love Easter for the gifts, candy and most of all the egg hunting which could take on a life of it’s own. Family member that are separated by geography often times send Easter baskets to their family members. Grandparents send Filled Easter baskets for children to grandchildren. Daughter and sons send Family Easter Basket to parents and siblings far away. These Easter food baskets contain candy, plastic eggs filled with goodies, cheese, crackers, brunch items and more.

Cheese Facts & Gift Ideas

Boy could you go on for ever about cheese. The French believe that the more stinky the better the cheese. Business people think that to succeed you need to realize that your cheese might get moved. Kids grew up with the stinky cheese man. Farmers realize that if they can't sell their milk to a grade A dairy they can always sell it as grade B and it will be made into cheese. Wow that is a lot of conversation about cheese without really saying anything. Cheese comes in so many types it is hard to keep up. I know that there are people that are as snooty about cheese as there are about wine. I have grown quite fond of cheese over the years. I even have learned to like goat cheese. Basketsbyrita's recent undertaking is to seek out great cheese that is shelf stable so we can include it for you in a gift basket.

Basketsbyrita offers a cheese basket, a fruit and cheese basket, a wine and cheese basket and of course gourmet baskets which all have cheese in them. We sell everything from a smoked pepper cheese to a creamy mild Havarti cheese. The selections are endless so we are working hard to offer them all. Our recent offering is a beer cheese for our beer gift baskets.

So don't let the stinky cheese man steel your cheese and if he moves it stay at it until you find it and cut it share with your farmer friends okay!