2. • 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"
3. The modern English term Easter developed from the
Old English word Ēastre or Ēostre (IPA: [ˈæːɑstre, ˈeːostre]),
which itself developed prior to 899.
The name refers to Eostur-monath (Old English "Ēostre
month"), a month of the Germanic calendar attested by Bede
, who writes that the month is named after the goddess
Ēostre of Anglo-Saxon paganism.
4. • In Britain children have two weeks off
school when it is Easter. They finish
school a few days before the Easter
weekend.
5.
6. • 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.
7. People have breakfast Boiled eggs are
with the family. traditionally served at
breakfast.
8. • At home, everyone gives each other
chocolate eggs.
• In England children get big ones filled with
sweets.
12. 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.
13. Later in the afternoon people have a special Easter Cake
for tea – it’s 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
14. • Egg rolling is very
popular in England
and is an Easter
Monday sport.
Hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a hill.
15. Quizzes
How much do you remember?
• Interactive Quiz 1 http://goo.gl/mmtb0
• Interactive Quiz 2 http://goo.gl/rwYQA
