Christians celebrate Easter to commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. They celebrate with Easter eggs, as eggs symbolize new life just as Jesus achieved new life when he rose from the dead. The Easter bunny tradition originated from rabbits being a symbol of new life because they reproduce so frequently. Easter is celebrated on a Sunday between March 22nd and April 25th, depending on the date of the first full moon after the spring equinox.

1. Christian Easter

2. How do Christians celebrate
Easter ?
Some Christians fast in the
season of lent. Lent begins
on ash Wednesday the day
after pancake day. They
celebrate it this way because
of the pagan influences and
also because of the
commercialization but most
Christians prefer to celebrate
resurrection day.

3. Why do Christians celebrate
Easter ?
On the third day of Christ's
death he rose from the dead
and he showed himself to
his disciples. This is why
the Christians celebrate and
the reason is because it is a
miracle that he rose from
the dead.

4. But why do we eat
chocolate eggs ?
We eat chocolate eggs because it
symbolizes the empty tomb that
Jesus was in before he rose from
the dead.

5. What do rabbits/hares have
to do with Easter ?
The idea of a hare being part of
Easter is that hares can
reproduce without loss of their
virginity and this is an association
with virgin Mary.

6. Easter Tradition
By Ameera
and Josh

7. What is Easter
Easter is the greatest holy day in the churches
calendar.
Egg.
Easter was first
celebrated 2000 years
ago!
Easter celebrates
the resurrection of
Jesus Christ.

8. Why do we have the egg?
At Easter we give eggs to celebrate new life!
People use eggs in many traditions all over the
world at Easter, this power point will focus on
egg rolling!

9. Egg rolling!
Egg rolling is very popular in England, egg rolling is
when villages get together and roll eggs down a hill.
The egg!

10. Egg rolling in Preston!
Egg rolling has also been carried out as a tradition in
Preston for many hundreds of years!

11. Where has egg rolling spread to?

12. Egg rolling in different places!
Scotland
U.S.A
England
Germany
Avenham Park

13. ALL ABOUT

14. What is Easter!
• Easter is a special time for Christian people
because they believe that Jesus resurrected
from the dead on the 21st April .

15. All about Easter!
People Celebrate Easter Because it is a special
religious event and Easter’s theme is bunnies and
eggs and also Easter Sunday is a happy day for
Christians because that Jesus died on this day and
churches are decorated with flowers such as lilies and
the colours in the church with white and gold.

16. Easter is on 22nd of march till
25th April on a Sunday . Many
year’s ago Christians decided
that Easter day will be on a
Sunday following the first full
moon after the first day of
spring , around 21st march.

17. How do people Celebrate Easter!!!!!!
• There are few things such as Easter bunnies ,
Easter eggs and chocolates that are common
to Easter celebrations. In different parts of the
world the easter is celeberated differently .

18. Easter egg rolling
This tradition first begin in Victorian times.
It takes place on easter Monday.
Around 10,000 people first attended in easter egg
rolling in 1862.
Some people take boiled eggs with foil wrapped
round or chocolate eggs.
This will be 151rd year celebrated.

19. Easter bunny
• The idea of an egg-laying rabbit was taken to
America in the 1700's German immigrants. They told
their children to make 'nests' with their caps and
bonnets, and if they were good the Easter bunny
would leave them coloured eggs.

20. easter eggs
The Christians came up with Easter
eggs because they represent the round
stone that covered the doorway into
the cave that was Jesus' grave. Easter
eggs came from the Anglo-Saxon
settlers. Anglo-Saxon legend tells how
the Saxon goddess Eostre found an
extraordinary bird that transformed
into a hare. It transformed so that it
could survive the winter days. When
she saw it again it had laid eggs. So the
easter eggs became offerings to the
Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre.

21. By hamzah and
Georgia

22. Easter is a Christian festival.
We have Easter eggs because
people think that eggs are a
celebration of new life
The first eggs given at Easter where bird eggs.
These eggs where painted in bright colours to
give it a further meaning.
Easter eggs got there idea from Anglo Saxons. The
Easter eggs are all symbols of rebirth.
Easter eggs

23. The meaning of the colours of the eggs
We use different colours for eggs
because each colour has a different
meaning. Red means fire and sun.
Black means eternity. Yellow is
happiness and youth. Green means
spring and freshness. Last of all, blue
is health.

24. The date of Easter
We always celebrate Easter on a
Sunday but every year it is a different
date. Easter Sunday is the first Sunday
after the first full moon after the vernal
equinox. Easter is on the date is
somewhere between the 23rd of march
and the 13th of April.

25. The Origins Of The Easter bunny
By Joshua Slater And Ella Davey

26. Birth Of The Bunny
The Easter Bunny was Born in the 1500’s By a
German author.
The first edible Easter Bunny was made in the
1800’s made out of pastry and sugar, People
say that the Easter Bunny laid wonderful
colourful edible eggs in children's Bonnet.
The German’s travelled to America to spread the
Easter joy.

27. The Easter bunny Today
bunny V bunny
BUNNY
FROM
THEN
TO
NOW

28. What date do we celebrate Easter?
We celebrate Easter on somewhere between the
22nd of March and the 15th of April as we have
leap years and lots of others things that we
get held back.

29. Easter
By Paige and Adil

30. Why do we celebrate Easter ?
Easter is celebrated because it is associated with the death of Jesus.
He was crucified on the Friday before Easter and ascended into heaven on Easter Sunday.
Why do we have eggs at Easter ?
We have eggs at Easter for Christians to custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new
life. Easter eggs are special eggs which are often given to celebrate Easter and
springtime.
Why do we have egg rolling in Preston at Easter?
Egg rolling is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter.
They hold this game on Easter Mondays at Preston’s Avenham and Miller Park.
Due to the time of year is it mostly raining when they do the egg rolling.
Egg rolling has been an important tradition for Preston for over 100 years.

31. Why do we celebrate Easter with a bunny?
The story of the Easter bunny was around in the 19th
century too.
Rabbits usually give birth to a big litter of babies this is why
they are a symbol of life.
The Easter bunny also lays, decorates and hides the eggs.
When is Easter celebrated?
Easter is celebrated on different days each year between the 21st of march to the 25th
of April, depending on when there's a full moon in spring.
Easter holidays
In the UK at Easter we have 2 bank holidays. This means that families can spend time
together.
Easter is a time for holidays a time to give chocolate eggs and for festivals.

32. We hope you have a good Easter !!
Happy Easter

33. Easter
By Ammarah and Barakah

34. What is Easter?
Easter is a festival celebrating Jesus coming back
alive when the Romans solders killed him on a
cross and nailed him down and hurt him. lots
of Christians still celebrate it to this day to
remember what had happened to him.

35. When is Easter?
Easter is on the 31st of march on Sunday it
was the day when Jesus died on the cross
with a very painful death. Also Easter is
always on a Sunday, Sunday is a holly day
for the Christans.

36. THE STORY OF WHEN JESUS DIED
Jesus was killed on the cross because he believed in
God so the roman soldiers wanted to kill him. So
when Jesus found out he was wanted dead he
had a meal with his disciples then he went into
the garden and when the soldiers came peter one
of the disciples, chopped off one off the soldiers
ears. They took him to court and he was found
guilty so they nailed him to the cross when he
died they took him to the tomb then a lady found
his body gone so she was shouting for help but
then a man came and said he was Jesus and told
her to tell everyone that he was alive. So that’s
what she went and did then he rose into heaven
and that is why we have easter.

37. The tradition of Easter!

39. Easter eggs are special eggs, that are often given to celebrate Easter or
springtime

40. The story of Easter....
Last Supper: On Maundy Thursday
Christians remember
when Jesus ate the Passover meal
with his disciples, breaking
bread and drinking wine, which is now
known as the Last Supper.
Many Christians remember this by
sharing bread and wine together in a
service called Holy Communion,
Eucharist or Mass. It is a reminder that
Jesus sacrificed his life for mankind.
Good Friday:
Good Friday is the Friday before
Easter Sunday. It commemorates the
execution of Jesus by crucifixion.
Good Friday is a day of mourning in
church. During special Good Friday
services Christians remember Jesus'
suffering and death on the cross, and
what this means for their faith

43. Easter Traditions
By Theo and Jasmine

44. Why do we have the Easter Bunny?
The Easter bunny or other known as Easter Rabbit
is a character created to bring Easter eggs. In
previous legends the rabbit/bunny carries round a
colourful eggs in a basket or carries sweets and
also toys he takes them to the homes of children
and as the same as Santa because they both bring
gifts on the night before of the holiday. It was a
rabbit/hare because it was popular in medieval
church art. The idea of the bunny laying the egg
came to the us in the 18th century when German
immigrants told their children about the osterhase
,hase means hare not rabbit. According to the
legend only good children got gifts of coloured eggs
in the nests that they made in their bonnets before
easter.

45. EASTER
The first Easter egg came from France and Germany in the 19
century but in there day they where hard and bitter. But over the
years they became more hollow they became popular very quick.
We have Easter bunnies the Easter bunnies lays a decorate eggs
then hides them they are a symbol of new life. The Easter bunny
doesn't do all the work alone in Switzerland the eggs are
delivered by a cuckoo and by fox in parts of Germany.

46. Why we have Easter?
We have Easter because Jesus died on the cross on good Friday. Easter is
on different days each year depending on the full moon.
By Ethan J and Subhan

48. WE HAVE EASTER
BECAUSE IT A SIGN
OF NEW LIFE .

49. THE EASTER EGGS ARE A TADTION. AT
THIS TIME PEOPLE START TO GET OUT
THE TIN AND CANS AND SEND THEM
TO CHURCH SO THE PEOPLE WHO
DONT HAVE MUCH FOOD AND TO
HELP THEM

50. Many Christians do this thing called lent,
it starts on ash Wednesday the day
after pancake day where you give
something up for 40 days before Easter
Sunday. A lot of people give up chocolate
so when its Easter they can enjoy eating
it. The last week of lent is called The
Holly week it has the important days
Maundy Thursday(also known as Holly
Thursday), and of course Good Friday.

51. A lot of us may chomp on chocolate
eggs at Easter, but originally eating
eggs was not allowed by the church
during the week leading up to Easter
(known as Holy Week).
So any eggs laid that week were
saved and decorated to make them
'Holy Week eggs', then given to
children as gifts.
Victorians adapted the tradition with
satin covered cardboard eggs filled
with Easter gifts.

52. Thank you for reading.......
Have a good Easter.

53. Easter chocolate bunnies
By Keturah
Bradley and
Ethan Chadwick

54. What are chocolate bunnies?
• Chocolate bunnies are either solid or hollow
chocolate in the shape of a bunny.
• You can have white chocolate bunnies, milk
chocolate bunnies or dark chocolate bunnies.
• They are wrapped in foil sometimes gold with
a little bow.

55. Why Chocolate Bunnies
• The story of the Easter Bunny is thought to
have become common the 19th century.
• Rabbits usually give birth around Easter time.
They give birth to a big litter which are called
Kittens, this represents new life.
• Christians believe that they are a symbol of
new life like when Jesus gave his life for his
people.

56. Easter Eggs
• The custom of giving Easter Eggs is to celebrate
new life.
• Christians remember that Jesus, after dying on the
cross, rose from the dead. This miracle showed
that life could win over death.
• In some countries parents tell their children the
Easter Hare or Bunny has hidden chocolate eggs
and they race to find them round the house or
garden.

57. Why we have Easter?
By Amber and James

58. What happened when Jesus died?
• Jesus died because he believed in God so the roman soldiers
captured him but before they could, he sat down and had a
meal with his friends. When they came to get him they found
him in the garden but as the captured him peter chopped off
one of the solders ears off. They took him to the court and he
was found guilty so they screwed him to the cross and left him
to die when he died they put him in cloth and carried him to the
tomb. 3 days later a lady went to visit Jesus in the tomb but to
find his body missing then a man walked up to her and said tell
everyone that I have risen from the dead so she went and told
all of Jerusalem that he had risen from the dead but they didn’t
believe her. Only his disciples believed her so they went to
watch him go to heaven. That’s why we celebrate Easter and
good Friday.

59. Good Friday
• People don’t eat meat on Good Friday
because Good Friday is the day that Jesus
died on the cross. Also people eat hot cross
buns because they have a cross on the top of
them. That is why there are crosses in
churches and some Christians wear crosses.

60. Easter Sunday
• On Easter Sunday Christians say that it was
the day that Jesus rose from the dead and a
lady found out that the body of Jesus was
gone then she saw Jesus and went to tell all
of Jerusalem that he was alive.