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. This year, Easter is on Sunday, 8 April
2012.
• 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. • It is the Friday before
Easter Sunday (Easter Day).
• On Good Friday, Christians remember
the day when Jesus was crucified on a
cross.
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. • On Easter Sunday (Easter Day) Christians
gather together on a hill to watch the sun rise.
8. • Boiled eggs are
• Then they have traditionally served at
breakfast with the breakfast. After
family. breakfast people go
to church for a service
to celebrate Jesus
rising from the dead.
9. • At home, everyone gives each other
chocolate eggs.
• In England children get big ones filled with
sweets.
10. • Around 80 million chocolate eggs are
eaten each year in Britain.
11. • Roast lamb is the
traditional meat for
the main meal on
Easter Day. It is
served with mint
sauce and
vegetables.
13. • After dinner children play the game – Easter
Egg Hunt. Parents hide small chocolate eggs in
the garden or at home and children try to find
them.
14. • 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
15. • Egg rolling is very
popular in England
and is an Easter
Monday sport.
Hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a hill.
16. Quizzes
How much do you remember?
• Interactive Quiz 1
• Interactive Quiz 2
