British Holidays Easter
hi everyone I’m Gina after Christmas the
second biggest religious event of the
year in the UK is Easter even for people
who don’t celebrate Easter as a
religious observance it is an important
time of the year the date changes every
year but it always coincides with the
start of spring in this lesson you’re
going to learn about Easter and how it
is celebrated
how many chocolate eggs are eaten in the
UK at Easter we’ll show you the answer
at the end of this video at Easter we
give each other eggs eggs symbolize the
resurrection a new life of Jesus Christ
following his crucifixion when this
tradition started it was bird eggs
painted in bright colors that were given
now we give chocolate eggs to each other
and especially to children that often
have even more chocolate inside a
popular activity at Easter is to hold an
Easter egg hunt small eggs are given in
an area usually a garden or public place
such as a school and then people try to
find them the eggs can be real eggs that
have been hard-boiled and painted or
small chocolate eggs schools will hold
many events and competitions related to
Easter and one of the most famous is the
Easter bonnet parade for this hats are
decorated with Easter related
decorations such as eggs chicks and
rabbits there are egg rolling
competitions where hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a slide or a hill and the
egg that travels the furthest without
breaking apart wins also there are egg
decorating competitions
you
at Christmas it has Santa Claus that
brings the presents but at Easter it is
the Easter Bunny that brings the eggs
chocolate figures in the shape of
bunnies are popular gifts at Easter
alongside the traditional eggs and now
I’ll give you the answer to the earlier
quiz how many chocolate eggs are eaten
in the UK at Easter around 80 million
eggs are eaten by Brits at Easter this
is particularly impressive for a country
that has a population of only 63 million
people how was this lesson did you learn
something interesting do you have any
games similar to the ones I spoke about
in your country leave us a comment at
English class 101.com and we’ll see you
in the next lesson bye
you