Easter: March/April

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The name Easter comes from the name of the Saxon goddess of the spring, Eostre, but today Easter is a Christian festival. The date of Easter changes every year, but it is always in March or April. In the UK, schools close for two weeks at Easter. The first day of Easter is Good Friday. It is a public holiday in the UK. On Good Friday it is traditional to eat hot cross buns. The cross on the buns represents the cross of Jesus.

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1 In which two months is Easter possible? 2 Where does the word Easter come from? 3 When do British people eat hot cross buns?

Go Live! Level 1 Festivals D, p.221 © Oxford University Press PHOTOCOPIABLE On Easter Day (Easter Sunday), people give chocolate Easter eggs to their friends and family. Eggs represent the spring, and new life. Sometimes children have an Easter egg hunt. They try to find chocolate eggs in the garden. They say that the Easter Bunny (a giant rabbit) puts the eggs there! British families sometimes have a big lunch on Easter Sunday. They often eat lamb. Easter Monday is a holiday in the UK. In some parts of the UK there is the tradition of egg-rolling on Easter Monday. People decorate eggs and roll them down a hill in a race.

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4 What do eggs represent? 5 What do children do on an Easter egg hunt? 6 When is it traditional to roll eggs?