Our family does something special at Easter with a dozen plastic colored eggs.
At Christmastime, we surprise someone every night with a gift or poem of some kind for 12 days leading up to when we celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. At Easter, we celebrate the Twelve Days of Easter to help remember the Savior's Atonement and Resurrection.
For the 12 days leading up to Easter, we leave one plastic egg with a small item and scripture relating to the Resurrection on someone’s doorstep and ring the doorbell and run.
Here's what we do for each day:
• Day 1: Egg and egg carton; a twig to represent the palm branches for Palm Sunday; Matthew 21:1-11.
• Day 2: Three dimes, representing 30 pieces of silver paid for the betrayal of Jesus Christ; Matthew 26:14-15.
• Day 3: Small thimble, representing the Savior asking his father if there was a way to conquer death instead of the suffering in the Garden of Gethsemane; Matthew 26:36-39.
• Day 4: A piece of yarn or string that's knotted, representing Jesus being tied up and taken to Pontius Pilate; Matthew 27:1-2.
• Day 5: Small shaving or piece of soap, as Pilate washed his hands of Christ's death; Matthew 27:22-24.
• Day 6: A piece of red cloth, representing the cloak the guards put on him before they had him carry his cross; Matthew 27:31.
• Day 7: A piece of gauze, representing the linen Christ’s body was wrapped in before he was placed in the tomb; Matthew 27:59.
• Day 8: A small cinnamon stick, representing spices; John 19:40.
• Day 9: A little but heavy stone to represent the stone that sealed the tomb; Matthew 27:60.
• Day 10: Neatly folded white cloth; John 20:5-7.
• Day 11: Small picture of Jesus Christ, for when he appeared after his Resurrection; John 20:10-20.
• Day 12: An empty egg, representing the empty tomb; Matthew 28:6.
Angel McRae is a wife, mother and grandmother and a volunteer District Coordinator for the Convention of the States Project.