Things You'll Need:
- Large basket
- Easter bread
- Meat
- Butter lamb
- Wine
- Salt
- Horseradish
- Sweets
- Easter eggs
- White cloth
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Step 1
Traditionally (and religiously speaking) the foods in the Easter basket represent those abstained from during Lent: eggs, meat, butter, rich breads and more. All meals on Easter Sunday are eaten from the Easter basket, so that no one need be busy with preparation of food on such a joyous Holy Day. To make your traditional Easter basket be sure to represent the following foods:
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Step 2
First item in your basket, the Easter bread. The sweet, rich, egg bread is symbolic of Christ. The traditional round loaf is marked with a cross which symbolizes Jesus as the Bread of Life.
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Step 3
Second item, any delicious meat -ham, sausage, lamb, veal. All are symbolic of the great joy and abundance of Easter.
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Step 4
Third item in your traditional gift basket is the butter lamb. Butter for its richness and in the shape of a lamb to signify Jesus, the Lamb of God, victorious over death.
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Step 5
Next item, one of my favorites, wine. Wine is symbolic of the new and everlasting covenant and to the fullness of joy at the Eucharistic table.
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Step 6
Salt - For 40 days after the Resurrection, Jesus 'shared salt' with His disciples. This means He enjoyed meals with His good friends. Salt in your basket will give flavor to daily life and like salt, season and preserve all that is good in life.
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Step 7
Horseradish - We have to put at least one bitter herb in our basket. Horseradish brings to mind Christ's bitter suffering, without which there would be no Resurrection or Easter!
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Step 8
Sweets - Easter candy points to the sweetness of the heavenly kingdom. Put lots in there to celebrate that!
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Step 9
Easter Eggs! Of course, what would a traditional Easter basket be without Easter eggs?! The colored eggshells represent Christ's tomb and the yolk represents the radiant sun coming from the tomb. Jesus is the Light of the World who rose from the dead on Easter morning.
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Step 10
Once filled and ready to gift cover your basket with a white cloth to represent the Resurrection. And there you have it - a traditional Easter gift basket ready to be shared to loved ones. Enjoy!
