Maria von Trapp, that diva of Catholic homemaking, wrote about the Austrian custom of "burying the Alleluia". Children would prepare a nice homemade sign with the word "Alleluia" and wrap it in a cloth and "bury" it at the foot of the statue of the Blessed Mother in church, or at home. You could also literally bury such a sign. It would be dug up, or retrieved from the base of the statue, at the first mass of Easter. In those days it would have been on Easter morning.
I picked up a nice idea from Elizabeth Foss. She has her kids decorate "Alleluia cards" which she then tucks away and puts in their Easter baskets. I like this idea. My older boy did a google image search and found two Alleluia images to make cards. We will do this tomorrow in time for the first Sunday of Lent.
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