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
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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
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