Happy Easter Weekend

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Happy Easter to all who celebrate!

I’ve found some interesting facts about Easter from the internet. I’m sharing them here because I find them interesting.

  • Most people start with eating the ears of chocolate bunnies. Second choice is the feet, followed by the tail as the third choice.
  • Easter and Halloween compete for the highest candy sales.
  • Many people prefer their chocolate eggs to be filled with caramel, peanut butter, or chocolate ganache, rather than hollow or solid chocolate.
  • Early egg dyes were made using natural materials, such as flower petals, juices, onion peels, and tree bark.
  • Easter (the name) seems to be connected with Anglo-Saxon goddess Eostre. Her symbols were the hare and the egg.
  • The concept of the Easter bunny giving eggs and candies traces its origin in Germany.
  • The first recorded use of decorated Easter eggs was in the 13th century.
  • Eggs are a symbol of new life and rebirth,

13 thoughts on “Happy Easter Weekend”

  1. I eat the bunny ears first too! Did you find out anything interesting about the Easter basket in your research? Having an Easter basket was a big part of my childhood Easter celebration. Even my freshman year in college my mother sent me one in the mail. At first I was a little embarrassed but when friends dropped by my dorm room and jealously saw it, I had to smile.

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