Easter in Britain

When British children think of Easter they often think of one thing in particular: chocolate! On Easter Sunday people give each other Easter eggs. These are large eggs made of chocolate, which usually have smaller chocolates inside them. They are usually exchanged at the breakfast table.

On Easter Sunday people often eat hard-boiled eggs for breakfast. Some colour these eggs or draw faces on them, though this is not a widespread tradition.

Easter bunnies, daffodils and lambs are all closely associated with Easter and are often featured on Easter cards. At Easter people wish each other "Happy Easter"".

The Friday before Easter is called Good Friday. It is a public holiday, as is Easter Monday, the Monday after Easter. On Good Friday people traditionally eat hot cross buns for breakfast. Today not many people make their own buns, they buy them! They are called hot cross buns because people eat them hot and they have a cross on the top.

  There are one or two games which started as Easter games, but are now played at any time of the year at parties. For example: egg-shackling, egg-rolling and egg-and-spoon races.