Lentorama 2019: Resurrect My Globe!
Day 9: Belgium
Starting after services on Holy Thursday, altars are stripped and bells and organs silenced in order to observe the passion, death, and burial of Jesus. It's a solemn time, and one that may need some explanation to kids who aren't used to the changes.
In Belgium (and in France and the Netherlands), kids are told that the bells are silent because they've flown to Rome to be blessed by the Pope. They return in time for Easter services, and when they come back they are filled with chocolate eggs.
It's not the worst story, and I'd be happy to forego the Easter Bunny in exchange for some nice Belgian chocolate eggs.
15 March 2019
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