Easter Outfit
I remember as a child getting my Easter outfit each year. Often it was a handmade dress or a special purchase to celebrate Easter. Everyone in church had on a new outfit, it seemed. I remember the new white shoes that I would get each Easter to wear with my new dress. I know that my mom spent time each year preparing my Easter outfit. It seems that our society has lost the dedication to new Easter outfits that we had during my childhood. I know that I do not worry about having a new outfit for myself for Easter or for my children.
I wondered about the tradition, was it just the little church that I grew up in or was it really something that happened everywhere? I was relieved to find in my research that new clothing for Easter was a tradition outside of the little church in Harrison, SD. New “Church” clothing on Easter was to celebrate the renewal of the year and the promise of spiritual renewal, thus an external sign for an internal renewal of the spirit.
I do not have a new outfit for Easter this year, nor do my children. I wish I had invested the time to have a new Easter outfit for everyone to see that I recognize the renewal of my spirit and on this special day of Easter.
Blessings
Robin
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