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Easter is March 27 and my are so excited! Not only is this a meaningful holiday for us, but it’s also fun. Snoopy knows what I mean – he’s the Easter Beagle! Yes, our favorite chameleon beagle will be happily hopping from yard to yard, beagle-ears flapping, delivering brightly colored Easter eggs (and a beagle kiss or two) from his Easter basket. I’ll take a beagle kiss. He’s SO cute!!
Here are some fun facts about the history of the Easter Beagle (courtesy the Peanuts Wiki: peanuts.wikia.com):
- Snoopy first appeared as “the Easter Bunny” on April 14, 1968, but Charles Schulz did not give the character the name “the Easter Beagle” until three years later.
- In that first 1968 strip, Linus was the only one to witness “the Easter Bunny” dancing around the front yard and hiding eggs in the bushes—Lucy was too busy watching television to notice.
- On Sunday, April 11, 1971, the Easter Beagle made his official comic-strip debut. Again, Linus was the first one to interact with him (although it’s Lucy who gets the Beagle kiss!).
Charles Schulz once said in an interview that the Easter Beagle was his favorite of all of Snoopy’s alter egos!
A TV Star Is Born
- The Easter Beagle made his television debut on April 9, 1974, when CBS first aired It’s the Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown.
- This was the 12th animated special to be based on the Peanuts comic strip, and the fourth to be associated with a holiday (the others are A Charlie Brown Christmas, It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown, and A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving).
The Giveaway
The folks at Peanuts are generously offering one of my readers an Easter Beagle Prize Pack just like the one that I received! This will include 2 candy bags, The Easter Beagle movie, and the Snoopy plush porch greeter. So fun! This giveaway is open to US residents ages 18+ only and will end at 11:59pm ET on March 21, 2016.
Good luck and happy Easter!
We go to an egg hunt, hide baskets, and have lunch with family.
We love Easter it is a tradition to go to our county’s health care center and do an Easter egg hunt. We will be doing a lot more with church this year and hope my boy’s get the real meaning of it.
Its a family event for us! We wake up early to see what the Easter Bunny left, then a quick breakfast. After that is usually when my sister and her kids arrive. Time to hunt for Easter eggs! Then its time to cook for the family.
We dont’ celebrate the holiday.
My family likes to go camping on Easter.
I make my son an Easter basket and we usually do an Easter dinner.
We celebrate Easter with an Easter egg hunt for the grandkids and then cook on the grill for dinner.
We get together with family and have a nice Easter dinner
We like to color Easter eggs and go on an Easter egg hunt.
Brunch for the whole neighborhood at our house, and then a egg hunt outside. I fill 300 plastic eggs with treats and hide them all around the house and barns for the kids. it is the best!
We go to brunch on Easter Sunday with my in-laws, then go to my parents’ for dinner and an egg hunt.
We have an egg hunt at our house.
To celebrate Easter, we usually have family/friends over for a delicious brunch. After we eat, we have an egg hunt for the little kids to enjoy in the backyard.
We usually go to church and have a big family Easter egg hunt and dinner. It is a great time to make memories!
We go to church first thing, then enjoy a brunch and Easter egg hunt with the whole family.
We always do an Easter egg hunt.
Church services, then a big Homemade Easter dinner at my daughter’s house. Then usually a movie, and just hanging out with our loved ones!
we go to church and them have a big dinner
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EASTER IS JUST A RELAXING DAY FOR ME..I MOSLY WATCH THE GOLF
We don’t really do anything except go to my Grandma’s to have lunch with the family
We decorate and hide Easter eggs, my son gets an Easter basket with goodies and then we have a ham dinner. 🙂
We always have a family easter egg hunt, and have dinner at my parents house. So fun watching the kids hunt for their eggs!
We usually have an egg hunt for the children in our family.
We have a nice family meal, and an Easter egg hunt.
My kids get Easter baskets in the morning. We also go to sunrise service at church and have breakfast. Then we have family dinner and an egg hunt with family in the afternoon!
We got to church on Easter, and then we go to my sister’s house and all the family gets together and we have a big dinner. Then we have a big Easter egg hunt with the kids.
It’s a family day witha big dinner at our house for Easter. All the kids and grandkids will be here.
The family get together and we have an Easter egg hunt, dye eggs, games and crafts. Oh don’t forget the yummy food and sweet goodies and give our thanks.
We spend Easter with family and friends.
We have a big eater dinner with family.
I make a big dinner for my friends and family & enjoy the day together.
We gather with family for a big meal and the kids hunt easter eggs.
We will have an egg hunt with all the cousins and have a family dinner!
We have an Easter dinner with the family and an egg hunt with the kids!
The kids love to hunt for treasures. We share a family dinner with all the relatives and have a great day together.
We typically go to church and then spend time with family!
We love coloring eggs, stuffing plastic ones, hunting them, and then playing until our feast is ready! 😉
We color eggs the night before Easter and set in a bowl for the Easter Bunny to put in our baskets with other goodies. Then we go to church in the morning and come home with surprise baskets.
we have an egg hunt and a big dinner and then lay around the rest of the day with the family!
I go to church and have a lunch with my family.
We go to church, do an Easter egg hunt and have a nice ham dinner.
We celebrate Easter with our church family.
The family gets together to dye eggs, have egg hunts and dinner.
We celebrate Easter with egg hunts,tea parties,and hat making.
We attend Church as a family and then have a big Easter Dinner about 3:00 p.m.
We go to a 5am service to commemorate Jesus.
I host a Easter egg hunt for the kids then make a brunch for the family
We have family over and decorate and find Easter Eggs.
We color eggs, and put together baskets for our grandchildren.
I will decorate the eggs with my grandkids and then hide them all over the house
We decorate eggs and then have a hard Easter egg hunt that everyone gets involved in.
We attend church, and then have fun with an Easter egg hunt for the kids.
We are inviting the family over to eat Easter dinner.
We make Easter baskets for the children and then we have an egg hunt before lunch.
dinner and movies
We dye the eggs and have an Easter egg hunt
We get together as a family and have a nice dinner. It is a sacred occasion and not a lot of playing around.
Making Easter baskets and having a big family dinner.
We go to church, then spend time relaxing with family.
WE are kind of traditional here. The kids look for their Easter Baskets, we go to church, and come home for a big family feast.
We go to see family and go on an Easter egg hunt.
We celebrate with church, coloring eggs, Easter candy and a big meal.
We do a big egg hunt & then have a huge dinner. We like to go out and see movies too
i go to church with my family on easter.
We color eggs and we hide them.Give cards and easter baskets.
We go over to my aunts house and have easter dinner and hide eggs for the kids.
We usually have an Easter Egg hunt and have a nice dinner with the family.
I take my kids every year to my parents house for an Easter Egg Hunt.
I celebrate Easter by going to church with my family and then cooking and eating a nice dinner.
We have an Easter Egg hunt with our kids and then on to Gramma and Grandpas for Easter Dinner.
Our kids love Easter and as they are getting older, they are learning the real celebration of Easter! 🙂
Easter egg hunts!
We decorate eggs, go to church and have our family over for a big dinner.
We usually have family over and if weather permits, we spend time out on the deck.
We will visit my mom’s house for a big Easter dinner. Of course, an Eater egg hunt will also happen.
We have a big family dinner and an egg hunt.
We go to church, have a big dinner, and have an Easter egg hunt.
We usually enjoy a nice ham dinner at my grandmother’s house.
with a big family meal
We run a race each year!
We go to Easter sunrise service. Afterward we have an Easter egg hunt and home and then eat pancakes.
We have a family Easter dinner and egg hunt
We celebrate easter by going to church services then coming home to our easter luncheon and an egg hunt
I love cooking a delicious meal for my family and spending time with extended family and of course watching all the kids do the easter egg hunt
My children look for their Easter baskets in the morning.Than later in the afternoon we have a big ham dinner with my our family
With the rest of my family past away, I mostly just note it privately.
We have an Easter egg hunt, open Easter baskets, and have a huge dinner celebration with each other.
Make Easter eggs and have a hunt. Big dinner and enjoy the chocolate!!
We have a big family gathering up at my mother in laws with lots of food, love, laughter and a hunt for the kids.
The “Easter Bunny” comes in the morning, then church and home for a big family dinner. An egg hunt and watching Here Comes Peter Cottontail rounds out the day.
We hide the Easter baskets for the kids to find and we also do a Easter egg hunt and then we have a beautiful Easter dinner!
My daughter and I spend the day before Easter together shopping and coloring eggs. It is a special time, especially since she is getting older.
wE HAVEA FAMILY BRUNCH AFTER CHURCH
We give the kids baskets, have an egg hunt, and a big meal with family!
We hide egg and have easter dinner with family
We celebrate by doing an egg/basket hunt, and then a big brunch after.
We’re going to be hiding Easter eggs, then sit down with family to have Easter dinner. And hopefully afterwards we’re all going to hang out a bit. My household has been sick for the past 2 weeks so we’ve missed all of the local activities.
I like to decorate Easter eggs.
We celebrate Easter with an Easter egg hunt for the children and then have a nice dinner.
We go to church and then we have Easter Dinner at my mother in laws with the family . Thank you
We do an Easter hunt in the morning then brunch!
I hide eggs in the backyard for the kids to find. We go to church and then to my dad’s for brunch.