Christmas- Jesus’s day of birth, and is celebrated by giving gifts and being together with family
Easter- Jesus rises from the dead, and is celebrated with the easter bunnie and being together with family.
Lent- Time of fasting and repentance in the spring beginning on Ash Wednesday and ending on Easter. The idea is to give up a pleasure to show devotion and self-discipline
Source: Hirch, E.D. Dictionary of Cultural Literacy.Houghton Mifflin Company, New York. 1988.
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