What would you guys give up for lent?

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• Answer #1

  err... Lent. Holy Week. Uhm.. Quaresma... Semana Santa...

  Known by many names around the world. Lent is basically the time of the year that the catholic/christian church commemorates the last 40 days of Jesus Christ.

  it has been a trend to people to give up or sacrifice something (which they love doing, etc.) as a form of respect.

  =)

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• Answer #2

  Lent is the 40 days between Ash Wednesday and Easter Sunday. It symbolizes the 40 days Jesus spent in the desert fasting. Because Jesus fasted, we fast.

• Answer #3

  whats lent? and since everyone is saying their gonna give up something. i will give up cursing?

• Answer #4

  i gave up smokin.. i have only had like 2 a day since.. imma keep it up. mite as well just quit

• Answer #5

  I would probably give up chocolate.. I'd probably kill myself before it ended though.

• Answer #6

  I'm giving up my tips from my job to help with the tsunami relief in Japan.

• Answer #7

  why does it automatically turn into a link when i insert 3 w's in a row?

• Answer #8

  Ahttp://funadvice.com/r/beep0jiobgl. That's so sweet. =)

• Answer #9

  Hmmm. That's nice... =) Maybe i'll try that.

• Answer #10

  I gave up giving things up for lent...

• Answer #11

  I may concider starting TAPDANCING.

• Answer #12

  Lol... I think its just a FA bug.

• Answer #13

  The seventh commandment.

• Answer #14

  I would give up fasting.

• Answer #15

  I gave up driveing

• Answer #16

  and abstinence.

• Answer #17

  Chocolate :3

• Answer #18

  Soda. haha

• Answer #19

  thanks :)

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