Easter in England

After a few months of winter we all joyfully  welcome spring.

Easter the most important event  for all Christians, comes with the beginning of spring.Easter is primarily a Christian festival, making the Crucifixion and Resurrection of  the period of Lent. It is traditional to eat Hot Cross Buns- buns with a  white cross.Easter Sunday is the Sunday after Good Friday. Christians believe that Jesus  rose from the death on Easter Sunday.

The date of Easter is different every year. but Easter always comes between March 22 and Apil 25. On Easter Sunday you can see Morris dancers performing old spring dances. They are mainly men, dressed in white shirts, black trousers and straw hat with lots of flowers.They also wear  red and green ribbons with little bells on them. When they move quickly the bells  ring and the ribbons wave. It´s almost a miracle that this tradition has survived in today´s modern world. Some times before Easter you can choose from lots of chocolate eggs like presents on Easter Sunday. There is aslo a tradition, that parents tell their children that the Easter bunny brings  Easter eggs and hides them in the garden.Children then take baskets and look for the eggs. The child who finds the most eggs is the winner. This is called an EGG HUNT.