Easter is an important Christian holiday celebrated in England each year. As part of the traditions, families and friends give each other Easter eggs to symbolize new life. Around 80 million chocolate eggs are consumed annually. Typical gifts include large chocolate eggs from family and smaller eggs. Other Easter symbols seen in stores and celebrations include rabbits, lambs, chicks, and ducklings. Popular Easter foods in England are hot cross buns, roast lamb, boiled eggs, and fruit cakes like simnel cake. Children participate in Easter egg hunts and make decorated eggs, nests, and bonnets at school.

1. EASTER IN
ENGLAND

2. 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.

3. EASTER EGGS
• Normally, you will get some big
chocolate eggs from your family.
You will also get some
small eggs.

4. These are typical Easter egg
displays in the
supermarkets.

5. EASTER ANIMALS
The Easter Rabbit brings you
eggs, depending on whether
you have been good or naughty.
It is lucky to meet a
lamb at Easter.
Lambs also
symbolise Spring.
The chick and duckling
symbolise new life and
Spring.

6. EASTER CHOCOLATES

7. EASTER FOOD

8. HOT CROSS BUNS
• Traditionally these are eaten on Good Friday.
• The white cross on top
symbolises the cross of
Jesus.
• They are a rich,
spiced teacake.
• Normally you eat
them with butter
or jam and you can
have them hot or
cold.

9. EASTER SUNDAY
• Traditionally we have boiled eggs
for breakfast,
and roast lamb and
vegetables with mint sauce
for lunch.

10. 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.

11. You can also have
other Easter cakes
such as chocolate
cakes.

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

13. EASTER IN THE SCHOOL
The younger
pupils make
Easter
bonnets.
They also paint hardboiled or hollow eggs.
At school, children
often make chocolate
Easter nests.

14. EASTER EGG HUNT
•Every Easter, families, schools and other places
organise Easter egg hunts.
•The adults hide the eggs in different places and
the children have to find them.
•This usually takes place outside.
Sometimes prizes are given for the
largest and smallest egg found and the
most amount of eggs found.

15. EASTER CARDS
• Every Easter, family and
friends send Easter cards
to one another.