Today, Sunday, April 5, 2015, the Big Apple is getting ready to deck itself out in Easter colors for a rather special celebration:the Easter Parade! LEC brings you all the details of this vibrant parade, just in time for your teen language study trip to New York.
A massive parade between 49th and 57th Streets
Every year, as regular participants in teen language programs in New York will have noticed, the nation’s largest city celebrates Easter Sunday in style. How? By organizing a massive parade on the famous Fifth Avenue, between 49th and 57th Streets.
A moment of joy for partygoers from New York… and beyond
For the occasion, New Yorkers, as well as Americans from other parts of the country and visitors from all over the world, dress up and put on makeup to celebrate Easter with pure joy and a shared sense of festivity. Is this a recent tradition? Not really, since it dates back to the 1880s!
Churches packed to the brim and Central Park swarming with people
The Easter Parade fills New York’s churches to capacity —let’s not forget that Easter remains, above all, one of Christianity’s most important holidays. Starting in the morning, an egg hunt (pronounced “egg hunt” during a teen language study trip to New York) is held in the world-famous Central Park. An event that brings joy to all the little New Yorkers!
Meet in front of St. Patrick's Cathedral
Want to be in the front row of this massive parade, which is famous not only throughout the United States but also beyond its borders? Meet at 10 a.m. in front of St. Patrick’s Cathedral, just a few steps from Rockefeller Center. There’s only one rule: come in costume!