What celebrations are you planning?

[petra]

Either in religious observations or just in your daily life, how are you making some days more special than others?

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[petra]

My family doesn't observe Passover or Easter, but we do enjoy the seasonal feast of chocolate and jelly beans.

[desireearmfeldt]

Some friends of mine have been running an egg hunt for ~30 years -- they're trying to construct a virtual version. (They also like to run games for their friends, so I think they're taking it as a game design challenge.)

[angelofthenorth]

Roast duck

[petra]

That sounds delightful!

[via_ostiense]

I haven't really been doing this, but my relationship anniversary is this weekend, so this post is a good reminder to think about some way to mark it.

[petra]

Then I'm glad I could help!

[hannah]

I take a good chunk of Saturday away from the internet. It's a strategy that's always helped me maintain perspective on my use of it: what am I carrying around with me, and are those things worth the thoughts I'm giving to them? What do I need from it, and what do I want from it? This also helps me stay present in the world and re-grounds me, which I need a lot more of these days.

[monochromanium]

Holy cows, that's actually a really good idea. I think I will try that now!

[petra]

I feel considerably less grounded lately, not because of the internet but because of the surreality of the world. Maybe I should take a page out of your book and take a weekly sabbatical from the internets.

[desireearmfeldt]

OMG yes, internet vacations are important!

[duskpeterson]

By food, mainly. There was no shortage of Cadbury eggs this year, I am happy to report.

Unfortunately, our holiday decorations are in a storage room - long story, but the short story is that we can't reach them, now that we're in lockdown. And right now, we're so strictly quarantined that I can't go outside to collect plants for decorations. However, I *did* splurge for construction paper so that we could make an uplifting decoration for the windows - coronavirus-related, not holiday-related, but this feels like Lent lasted longer than usual this year. Not all holidays are joyous.

[petra]

It's too bad that the surfeit of chocolate hasn't banished Lent for you. What do covid window decorations consist of?

[duskpeterson]

Just a brief word of encouragement, in our case. I've seen photos of the most amazing array of window decorations, though; apparently, rainbows are popular among British children. And I just saw photographs of chalked messages on sidewalks ("Thank you, health care workers!" and "We're all in this together"), so that's another option I'm considering, once we're out of strict quarantine.

We're not in a densely populated area where we could exchange songs with neighbors or clap together for frontline workers, so we're going the visual route.

[petra]

I think this is a great idea and I'm glad you've been able to brighten your day and other people's with it.