2. What’s Easter?
Easter is a catholic holiday that
doesn’t have a single date,
because it changes every year.
It’s on the 1st Sunday after the first
full moon of Spring. This yeas is
on the 1st of April.
3. What are Easters
origins?
Easter is really similar to
a Babylonian holiday,
invented 2000 years b.C.
In the catholic colture the
Easter is the day when
Jesus revived, after
three days from his
death.
4. Why all these eggs?
Easter egg it’s a traditional
object, that became a symbol
of the catholic religion because
it represents the resurrection
of Jesus from the sepulchre.
The tradition of the classic
chocolate egg is recent. Every
year are made over 91 bilions
of chocolate eggs.
5. Why is the rabbit so important?
The importance of the rabbit has origin in the west of
Europe, where it had the resemblance of the hare. There
someone invented the chocolate bunny, instead of the
chocolate egg. Every year are made over 90 milions
chocolate bunnies
6. What’s Easters tipical
meal?
In Europe on the
Easter day are usually
prepared particular
desserts, eaten with
the family. In Italy
there are lots of
different desserts,
with charatteristics
and different
igredients, depending
on the region.
7. Curiosities
In Easters weekend the chocolate
usage increases by 45%; the biggest
chocolate egg in the world was made in
Italy and it was tall 10,39 meters; 76%
of the people thinks that’s better eating
first the bunnys ears; the most
expensive chocolate egg was sold for
ten thousand dollars, its weight was 50
kilos and it was decorated with some
golden details.
