Watsontown Activities Director - Jean Wommer - Watsontown Activities Calendar

Our staff at Kramm's also provides a wide variety of stimulating group and individual activities, based on the individual's preference. Some of these activities include: bingo, bible study, pet therapy, gardening, crafts, anniversary/birthday parties, and holiday themed events.

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The Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny is not a modern invention. The symbol originated with the pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess, Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-Saxons through her earthly symbol, the rabbit.
The Germans brought the symbol of the Easter rabbit to America. It was widely ignored by other Christians until shortly after the Civil War. In fact, Easter itself was not widely celebrated in America until after that time.
The Easter Egg
As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by Christians.
From the earliest times, the egg was a symbol of birth in most cultures. Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.
Today, children hunt colored eggs and place them in Easter baskets along with the modern version of real Easter eggs -- those made of plastic or chocolate candy.
EGG TRIVIA

Chickens came to the world with Columbus on his second trip is 1493.

While it is customary to throw rice at weddings in many countries, French brides break an egg at the threshold of their new homes before stepping in for luck and healthy babies.

About 240 million laying hens produce over 50 billion eggs each year in the US.

An average hen lays 300 to 325 eggs a year.  A hen starts laying eggs at 19 weeks of age.  The hen must eat four pounds of feed to make a dozen eggs.

A mother hen turns her eggs over about 50 times per day (so the yolk won’t stick to the sides of the shell).

As a hen grows older she produces larger eggs.

White shelled eggs are produced by hens with white feathers and white earlobes.  Brown shelled eggs are produced by hens with red feathers and red earlobes.  There is no difference in nutrition between white and brown eggs.

Yolk color depends on the diet of the hen.  Feed containing yellow corn or alfalfa produces medium yellow yokes while feed containing wheat or barley produces lighter color yokes.

Eggs contain the highest quality of food protein known.  It is second only to mother’s milk for human nutrition.