Easter tradition in Britain

1. EASTER IN
BRITAIN

2. EASTER TRADITIONS
Easter is a 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. EASTER EGGS
Easter is the oldest and most important Christian festival.
• Every Easter family and friends give each other Easter eggs to
celebrate new life.
• Around 80 million chocolate eggs are eaten every year in England.
• Eggs are given on Easter Sunday.

4. In Britain children have two
weeks off school when it is Easter.
They finish school a few days
before the Easter weekend.

5. DYED AND DECORATED EASTER EGGS

6. EASTER ANIMALS
Easter Rabbit brings eggs, but it depends if
you have been good or naughty.
It is lucky to see a lamb at Easter.
Lambs also symbolise Spring.
The chick and duckling symbolise
new life and spring.

7. EASTER CARDS
• Every Easter, family and friends send Easter cards .

8. It is the Friday before Easter Sunday (Easter
Day).
• On Good Friday, Christians remember the
day when Jesus was crucified on a cross.
GOOD FRIDAY

9. HOT CROSS BUNS
It is traditional to eat warm 'hot cross buns' on Good Friday .
The cross on top of the buns symbolizes and reminds Christians
Jesus’s death on the cross. They are rich, spiced teacake.
Normally you eat them with butter or jam and you can have
them hot or cold.

10. Breakfast with the family.
Boiled eggs are traditionally
served at breakfast. After
breakfast people go to church for
a service to celebrate Jesus rising
from the dead.

11. In the UK Roast lamb is the traditional meat for the main
meal on Easter Day. It is served with mint sauce and
vegetables.

12. In America, they prefer roasted ham instead

13. EASTER CAKES
Simnel Cake is a fruit cake with marzipan on top and it is
decorated with 11 marzipan balls representing the 12 apostles
minus Judas. This is eaten on Easter Sunday.

14. EASTER BISCUITS
• These biscuits are eaten on Easter Sunday.
They have spices, currants and sometimes
grated lemon rind.
EASTER CHOCOLATES

15. EASTER EGGS
Come in all sizes, small or very big...

16. The tradition is that Easter Bunny paints the eggs and hides
them in the house or in the garden. Then children go with their
baskets and look for the eggs. Children find the eggs and eat
them.

17. EGG ROLLING is very popular in England and is an
EASTER MONDAY tradition. Hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a hill, or pushed in the grass with a
wooden spoon.

18. THE FAMOUS EGG ROLL ON THE WHITE HOUSE LAWN