One long-standing Palm Sunday tradition is to take home palms from that day's church service and weave them into decorative ... the palm leaf you use will determine how big your cross will be.

Kids usually pick up the folding quicker, she said. She's taught a palm weaving ... just a single leaf as many do in church pews on that particular Sunday - into elaborate crosses and designs.

In some churches, the palms are saved and burned into ashes to be used on Ash Wednesday of the next year. Some Christians fold the palm fronds into crosses and keep them in their homes.

This year, Palm Sunday is on Sunday, April 13, 2025, but every year, it's celebrated for the same important reason: to commemorate Jesus' entrance into ... cross shape you just made by folding ...

In days prior, parish volunteers will come together to fold the leaves into crosses and many worshippers take them home after Palm Sunday as valued mementos of a sacred commemoration.

When Jesus rode that colt into Jerusalem on the ... off a sprig (of yew, their palm) and wore it all day in their hat or lapel. In other places, small palm crosses were pinned on clothing.

First, pick your palm Need a break? Play the USA TODAY Daily Crossword Puzzle. The length and thickness of the palm leaf ... 2. Fold the free end of the palm up over the bottom of the cross ...