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Easter Traditions and Celebrations

Easter is celebrated in spring to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Traditions include eating hot cross buns and eggs, attending church services, and having a family meal that often includes roast lamb. Children enjoy hunting for chocolate eggs hidden around their homes by adults.

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Easter Traditions and Celebrations

Easter is celebrated in spring to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Traditions include eating hot cross buns and eggs, attending church services, and having a family meal that often includes roast lamb. Children enjoy hunting for chocolate eggs hidden around their homes by adults.

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EASTER

- some information

Easter is a joyful spring festival which celebrates


the rebirth of Jesus.
Christians and many other people around the
world celebrate Easter every year.
Pagan traditions give us the English word
"Easter" which comes from the word "Eostre".
The English word Easter comes from
the Anglo Saxon name for the month of April,
which was known as "Eostremonath"

The modern English term Easter developed from the


Old English word astre or ostre (IPA: [stre, eostre]
), which itself developed prior to 899.

The name refers to Eostur-monath (Old English "ostre


month"), a month of the Germanic calendar attested
by Bede, who writes that the month is named after
the goddess ostre of Anglo-Saxon paganism.

In Britain children have two weeks off


school when it is Easter. They finish
school a few days before the Easter
weekend.

It is traditional to eat
warm 'hot cross buns'
on Good Friday .

The cross on top of


the buns symbolizes
and reminds
Christians Jesus
death on the cross.

People have breakfast


with the family.

Boiled eggs are


traditionally served at
breakfast.

At home, everyone gives each other


chocolate eggs.

In England children get big ones filled with


sweets.

Around 80 million chocolate eggs are eaten


each year in Britain.

Roast lamb is the


traditional meat for
the main meal on
Easter Day. It is
served with mint
sauce and
vegetables.

The traditional Easter


pudding is
custard tarts.

After dinner children play the game Easter Egg


Hunt. Parents/adults hide small chocolate eggs
in the garden or at home and children try to find
them.

Later in the afternoon people have a special Easter Cake


for tea its Simnel cake.
The Simnel cake is a rich fruitcake covered with a thick
layer of almond paste (marzipan). A layer of marzipan is
also traditionally baked into the middle of the cake.
Eleven balls of marzipan are placed around the top to
represent the eleven true disciples (excluding Judas).

Simnel cake

Egg rolling is very


popular in England
and is an Easter
Monday sport.
Hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a hill.

Quizzes
How much do you remember?

Interactive Quiz 1 [Link]

Interactive Quiz 2 [Link]

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