Conversation Questions: Easter

• Why do we celebrate Easter?
• Do you celebrate Easter in your country?
• How do you celebrate Easter in your country?
• Do you have any special family traditions?
• Did the original meaning of Easter get lost?
• Do you know the meaning of Easter?
• Do you celebrate Easter?
• What do you do to celebrate it?
• Do you consider it an important holiday? Why or why not?
• Do you think it used to be more important than it is today? Why or why not?
• What are the 40 days before Easter called?
  • What special activities or events happen in those 40 days?
  • Do you observe these 40 days?
• What is the Sunday before Easter called?
  • What is it remembering?
• What is the Friday before Easter called?
  • What is it remembering?
• Do you think most people consider Easter time a religious celebration? Why or why not?
• How do you think the Easter bunny and hiding colored eggs came to be part of the celebration of Easter?
• Do you think it is wrong to associate religious holidays with other types of things, like Easter and the bunny?
  • Christmas and Santa Claus?