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This new<\/em> configuration is perhaps preferable because it gives those of us who celebrate both<\/em> holidays time to digest our brisket and matzahs before we move on to our ham and chocolate bunnies!<\/p>\n The strange thing for me is that I’ve been invited to many non<\/em>-holiday-related events during this time period, including on actual Easter Sunday! Don’t people know enough to plan their opening nights, or play runs, or gallery exhibitions not<\/em> on nights or days when the important invitees might be celebrating their heritages???<\/p>\n But on the other hand, those other<\/em> activities give people who either don’t celebrate these holidays, or have nowhere to go to do so, something fun to do, to allay the possible depression of being alone during them. So there’s that, which I do appreciate.<\/p>\n Notice the “vs.” in the middle.<\/p><\/div>\n Here’s something that does<\/em> bother me about this holiday juxtaposition\u2014over the years, I’ve seen articles about the differences between the two. How idiotic because…they’re completely different holidays! The only reason they’re connected at all<\/em> is because they occur around the same time! But that’s it. They’re both happy<\/em> holidays, as well, but actually, so are most<\/em>.<\/p>\n I’ve also seen images of celebrating the duo together saying \u201cPassover vs.<\/em> Easter,\u201d which means \u201cversus\u201d which is basically pitting them against each other. How nutty. And rude<\/em>!<\/p>\n A mouthwatering\u00a0pic of Peeps!<\/p><\/div>\n So anyway, I hope that my Passover celebrants have enjoyed the past two nights of seders, and that my Easter peeps, (not the candy<\/em>, though it is<\/em> my fave,) will have the best feast ever on Sunday.<\/p>\n This year is one in which I’m not celebrating either holiday with other people. I’ve just been staying in and being cozy with Mr. X. We may go out to a restaurant for Easter Brunch, but we’re still eschewing being inside<\/em> an eatery, so even that activity is iffy.<\/p>\n I usually paint my nails to look like these!<\/p><\/div>\n But something hit me the other morning that made me feel really good about these holidays, even if I don’t go anyplace for them. And that thought came from playing solitaire on my mini iPad! It’s this\u2014we don’t need to really<\/em> celebrate either holiday in the popular sense of the word. Even though none of my friends had a seder this year, and none are throwing an Easter event, I realized that I’ve already been celebrating for myself<\/em> in fun little ways!<\/p>\n For several weeks, those electronic cards on my Solitaire program have been Easter-themed, complete with a tiny bee flying around the flowers, and the entire screen actually. I must admit that the image has jarred me a few times because it looks like a real-life tiny bug crawling on my device! But the whole scene, with blue-and-pink cards that feature images of bunnies and chicks, and even the backs of the cards being adorned with Easter e-words, is so adorable I smile every time I turn the game on!<\/p>\n The happy Solitaire screen. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n And I’ve been enjoying eating my annual Peeps since they appeared in stores a few weeks ago. I like them to be as crunchy as possible, (as opposed to the soft<\/em> that they really are,) so I take them all out of the box the second I get home from the store, and leave them exposed for a week or two. And that way I have the fun of looking at them in all their colorful glory for a long while!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>