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How Is the Date of Easter Chosen?

Chris Chaberski — Thu, 28 Mar 2013 17:22:29 +0000

Ever wonder why some years Easter is in early April, sometimes late April, and sometimes—like this year—it’s in March? Why isn’t it a fixed date, like most other holidays? Well, it’s a bit complicated. First off, the simple answer: Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon that occurs on or after [...]

14 Awesome Easter Eggs You Should Definitely Make

Emerald Catron — Wed, 27 Mar 2013 16:32:16 +0000

Easter is coming! Usually we aren't very excited about this holiday, because ham is an everyday part of life the way we roll. However, these hand-painted eggs have us excited for the holiday we haven't celebrated since 2009.

If you're tired of dunking some eggs in vinegar-scented food coloring water, check these out for some inspiration. Or, you know, just because they're awesome.

Easter Egg Hunts Scheduled For Lawton/Fort Sill

Nancy Mace — Wed, 20 Mar 2013 21:27:35 +0000

Easter Egg hunts are a fun family activity and the Lawton/Fort Sill community have a couple of fun ones scheduled for Saturday, March 30th. Fort Sill Family & MWR Don’t miss the annual Fort Sill Easter Egg hunt, Saturday, March 30 at Butner/Cowan Field. Festivities will run from 11am to 1pm. Enjoy inflatables, food and [...]

7 Fun Facts About Easter Candy

Cole Stryker — Tue, 19 Mar 2013 01:20:42 +0000

Easter candy: You love it, we love it, your hyperactive children love it. There’s nothing like stuffing your mug with a few Cadbury Cream Eggs before breakfast. But did you know … Americans spend an average $1.9 billion on Easter candy every year. Sharing treats for Easter most likely came from a pagan tradition of [...]

Tim Tebow Discusses 'Tebowing' During Easter Sermon

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 19:26:25 +0000

Tim Tebow is known for his on-the-field displays of religious faith. But on Sunday, the New York Jets quarterback spread the gospel in a more traditional manner, addressing the crowd at an outdoor Easter service in Georgetown, TX. Over 15,000 showed up for the event, with Tebow as the main draw. He told the gathering that [...]

KLAW's Jeri Anderson Says Her Easter Prayer For Her Grandchildren- McKayla and Lucas

Jeri Anderson — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:28:35 +0000

Coloring eggs and candy has become part of the Easter celebration. But recently I shared with Nancy Mace what really is important to me when it comes to Easter. I told her I wanted to teach my grand babies the religious side of the holiday. I have a set of plastic Easter eggs called Resurrection [...]

Happy Easter From KLAW Staff + Share Your Pictures with Us [PHOTOS]

Nancy Mace — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:02:43 +0000

It’s almost Easter! That means lots of egg dying, jellybean buying and new Easter outfits. Well, for me when I was growing up, that’s what that meant. Mom would dress us up in new Easter dresses, lace anklets, patten leather shoes, white gloves and straw Easter hats. It was my favorite time of the year. [...]

10 Things You Can Make With A Cadbury Creme Egg

Rose Maura Lorre — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 20:16:57 +0000

McDonald's UK/PieoftheTiger/Hershey's/Cakespy/SeriousEats You already know that the Easter-seasonal Cadbury Creme Egg is addictive, mouth-watering, one-of-a-kind and coveted the world over. But did you also know just how versatile an ingredient the Creme Egg can be when put to use in some of the most outlandish, Willy-Wonka-on-acid dessert delicacies? For those with the willpower to delay [...]

KLAW' Nancy Mace Had Disastrous Results Trying to Bake The Sunflower Easter Cake [PICTURES]

Nancy Mace — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 16:33:47 +0000

As almost everyone knows, I don't cook. It's not that I can't cook, it's just I don't like to do it.

Yesterday I posted a recipe for an easy last minute Easter Cake. It looked easy enough to make so I decided to try to bake it last night. Here are the results:

Easter Egg Hunts Slated For Lawton/Ft. Sill Area

Frank Seres — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 20:32:52 +0000

Here’s some info we found on a couple of Easter Egg Hunts coming up this Saturday. If your church or organization is having one, there’s a link below where you can submit the info. The City of Lawton Parks & Recreation Department is having their annual Easter Eggstravaganza Egg Hunt this Saturday from 10am to noon [...]

The Weirdest Easter TV Specials

Nick Nadel — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:45:05 +0000

Of all the holidays, Easter tends to be a bit overlooked when it comes to animated TV specials. But the ones that do exist are downright strange. Perhaps due to the holiday’s religious overtones, makers of animated Easter specials tend to focus solely on The Easter Bunny. And that enigmatic walking rabbit in men’s clothing [...]

Last Minute Easter Cake Recipe

Nancy Mace — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 18:14:03 +0000

Easter is such a fun holiday. It is the beginning of spring and everything is new and bright and fun. I was checking out the Taste of Home website and found a recipe for a really cute Easter cake made with Peeps. The best part - it's made with a box cake mix.

The Easter Baby Bunny Crawl Brought Lawton's Cutest Babies Together For Easter Bunny Pictures + More [PICTURES]

Sasha Spielman — Sun, 01 Apr 2012 00:41:08 +0000

KLAW hosted the first Easter Baby Bunny Crawl today at Best Western PLUS Hotel & Convention Center. The competition was open to babies 14 months and younger. We had 14 of the cutest babies in town put on bunny ears and little cotton tails and crawl there way to the title.

10 Adorable Real Life Easter Bunnies

Lindsay Seim — Sat, 31 Mar 2012 13:55:48 +0000

The Easter Bunny is once again hippity-hopping his way toward our brightly-colored baskets. And while we may never be able to find the logic in a rabbit that lays eggs, (?!?!) we CAN say with certainty that the adorable cotton tails in these videos are sweeter than a Cadbury Creme Egg…and far less likely to melt in your purse.

The Cutest Contest Ever-Babies in Bunny Costumes vs Baby Bunnies

Nancy Mace — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:31:45 +0000

It’s hard to decide. Which do you think is cuter? Babies in bunny costumes or bunny babies? We’ll let you decide. It’s a tough decision isn’t it? And we know the babies at our 1st Ever Easter Baby Bunny crawl will be adorable as well. Registration begins at 1pm with the crawl starting at [...]

What's on Your Easter Dinner Menu?

Nancy Mace — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 15:07:29 +0000

Is there such a thing as traditional Easter Dinner menu? Is there something your family always eats on Easter Sunday? Maybe it’s hot Cross Buns, as the nursery rhymes says, if you have no daughters, give them to your sons! My Mother always made us an Easter Bunny Cake. It was covered in coconut, sitting [...]

Easter Egg Hunt Canceled Due to Aggressive Parents

Mithun Divakaran — Tue, 27 Mar 2012 14:53:44 +0000

An annual Easter egg hunt in Colorado Springs has been canceled this year because of misbehavior — by parents, not kids. Organizers of the neighborhood egg hunt say last year’s event saw parents go after the Easter eggs with a “no holds barred” attitude. The pushing and shoving got a bit too much, and became [...]

Creative Ways to Decorate Your Easter Eggs [VIDEOS]

KLAW Morning Crew — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:12:43 +0000

The Easter practice of egg decorating has meaning behind it: the egg itself represents rebirth, something early Pagans celebrated during the spring season, and was later adopted by Christians to represent the resurrection themes of the Easter holiday. Back in the olden days, colored eggs were decorated in springy hues and given away to lovers and friends sort of the same way we do with Valentines. The egg tradition has held over as the holiday evolved, with most people using store-bought dyeing packages to color their hard boileds.

This year, stray from the usual and create unique Easter egg decorations with the help of these video tutorials.

Classic Easter Cartoons – Video Round-Up

KLAW Morning Crew — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 13:08:50 +0000

Like many holidays, kids get the better end of the deal come Easter time. After all, it's the parents who stock giant baskets with mounds of chocolatey goodness, a wad of Easter cash, new spring clothes and adorable stuffed bunny rabbits. And it's the parents who plan expansive Easter egg hunts and myriad Easter activities and crafts. One other positive of being a kid on Easter? Watching cartoons, of course!

Take a break from dying eggs this year and re-watch some of these classic Easter cartoon clips.

5 Things You Probably Didn't Know About Easter

KLAW Morning Crew — Thu, 21 Apr 2011 05:01:32 +0000

We imagine that at this point in the spring season, you've stocked up on loads of chocolate (or are anticipating a victorious post-Easter candy sale), faux grass and enough hardboiled eggs to live off of for the next six months. You've probably even posed with the Easter bunny, or at least passed one or two in the mall. But do you know why Easter is affiliated with such unique traditions?