[Magdalen] Easter celebration

[Charles Wohlers]

Electric candles in windows are ubiquitous in New England at Christmas. 
Definitely not a Slavic thing.

Chad Wohlers
Woodbury, VT USA
chadwohl at satucket.com



-----Original Message----- 
From: cantor03--- via Magdalen
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2018 10:23 AM
To: magdalen at herberthouse.org
Cc: cantor03 at aol.com
Subject: Re: [Magdalen] Easter celebration

Electric candles at each window year round are commonly seen here in
NE Pennsylvania USA.  I've asked about them, because they are not
commonly seen in the Upper Midwest USA, and I usually get "It's a Slavic
custom."  Yet, residents of Slavic ancestry here have denied that.  Go 
figure.

Another custom is artificial Easter eggs on bushes around Easter.  I get the
same explanation as the candles in the windows.

I've been told that the little white Christmas type lights on shrubs and 
trees
started on Michigan Avenue in Chicago, and has been widely adopted in
the rest of the USA.  That's where I first saw them used.


David S.





In a message dated 4/7/2018 9:20:23 AM Eastern Standard Time, 
ann.markle at aya.yale.edu writes:


I like having those small white lights up all year long. Currently they
hang in my window,>>>>>>>>>>>>>>