Easter

Easter may be late this year, but that is not stopping local Easter Egg Hunts and the arrival of the Easter Bunny.

With Easter Sunday arriving this Sunday roughly 80 percent of all Americans are expected to observe the holiday in some way according to the personal finance website WalletHub who has put together a list of the best and worst cities for Easter Celebrations.

Along with the usual array of Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter services at churches around the area from Thursday night through Sunday morning, there are other traditional Easter events this weekend worthy of mention.

Easter is coming! Usually we aren't very excited about this holiday, because ham is an everyday part of life the way we roll. However, these hand-painted eggs have us excited for the holiday we haven't celebrated since 2009. If you're tired of dunking some eggs in vinegar-scented food coloring water, check these out for some inspiration. Or, you know, just because they're awesome.

You may not be aware, but the Easter Bunny has been around for a long time. Easily one of the most recognizable symbols of the holiday, the loveable critter was first mentioned in an essay by German physician and botanist Georg Franck von Frankenau all the way back in 1682. Funny, we always figured he was just a Hallmark creation.

So Easter Sunday will be here this Sunday, March 31, which is considered to be early in the year. In some years, Easter doesn't happen until April. Have you ever wondered why it changes every year and isn't on a set Sunday each year? Well here is your answer.

It's officially happened. Every single food imaginable can now be cooked on the grill. Have you ever heard of smoked eggs?

Easter is just a few weeks away. Let's imagine the Ultimate Easter Basket. What would you put in it? Most of us would just grab one (or two...or three) of everything that looks good in the candy isle, but what if we had to choose between the popular Easter candies? Would you pick a Cadbury Egg or a Reese's Peanut Butter Egg? Peeps, or those chocolate covered marshmallow things? Malted eggs or...un

If your family tradition is like mine, you probably celebrate Easter.  I don't and I'll tell you why.  First of all, despite the fact that I rarely take anything seriously (and I have the radio show to prove it), I do take my faith in Jesus Christ very serious.  It's the most important part of me.  So...that being said, why don't I celebrate "Easter"?  Please hear me out on this one. Rea