Easter trivia

Easter trivia

1. Fry’s produced the world’s first ever chocolate Easter egg in Bristol in 1873

Easter would not be complete without a haul of chocolate eggs, but the first one in the UK was produced in Victorian times. The Fry family of Bristol ran the largest chocolate factory in the world and in 1873, they produced the world’s first recorded chocolate egg. Cadbury’s joined in on the act two years later.

2. The Easter Bunny came from German legend

The Easter Bunny is an essential part of many people’s Easter celebrations, and he began life as a Pagan symbol of Spring and fertility in pre-Christian Germany. The Easter Bunny was said to be a representative of the goddess Eostre, laying nests of colourful eggs for children on Easter Sunday.

3. Cadbury’s produces over 1.5 million Crème Eggs every day

Once you see the Crème Eggs on the supermarket shelves you know Easter can’t be far away. Cadbury’s produces over 500 million Crème Eggs every year and that works out at 1.5 million each day to keep us satisfied.

4. No dancing in Germany on Good Friday

If you live in Germany then you need to avoid dancing in public on Good Friday. It may sound a little far-fetched but it’s true, most regions of Germany have a blanket ban on public dancing every Good Friday. The day’s religious significance means many regions even ban the playing of music in bars and clubs, and it’s all to respect those who are mourning the death of Jesus Christ on Good Friday.

5. The record-breaking Easter Egg weighed 7,200kg

Guinness World Records have the largest and heaviest chocolate Easter egg weighing in at 7,200kg. Measuring over 34 feet in height it was made in Italy and shown off at the La Acciaierie Shopping Centre in Corte Nuova.

The majority of people eat a chocolate bunny’s ears first !

Researchers have discovered that a whopping 76% of people eat their Easter chocolate bunnies by starting with the ears first. Just 4% begin with the tail! How do you nibble your tasty treat?

Easter has many different names around the world !

In Spain, Easter is called Pascua. In Portugal, they celebrate Páscoa, while in Italy, it’s known as Pasqua. These similar names come from the word ‘pascha’, from the Hebrew word for ‘passover’ – pesach. Passover is a religious festival held by mostly Jewish people, who acknowledge when God – through Moses – helped free the Israelites from slavery in ancient Egypt. Centuries ago, Christians celebrated Easter at the same time as Passover. Good Friday and Passover fall on the same day.

Around 90 millions eggs are sold in the UK every year

We know a lad, let’s call him Ian, and he got SIX last year. So that makes sense, really.

The world’s biggest Easter egg took ages to make

According to the Guinness World Records, largest decorated egg measured 15.02 metres high and 8.72 metres across. It made by Associação Visite Pomerode especially for a festival in Santa Catarina, Brazil in 2019. It took 48 days to make!

Easter eggs are patterned for a special reason

You may have noticed that some Easter have a broken pattern design, which looks a bit like crocodile scales, or ‘scutes’. This is from an early way of making Easter eggs which was used to disguise any cracks or imperfections in the surface of the chocolate. It’s also a handy way of having just a tiny little bit before anyone notices.

Easter has an official flower

The white lily – or Lilium longiflorum if you’re really into gardening – is a symbol of hope and rebirth during Easter, and look lovely in a vase on your table. 

Hot cross buns pre-date Christianity

Hot cross buns are sweet buns which are flavoured with spices and dried fruit, like raisins or currants. The cross can be made from a flour and water paste, and while it represents the Christian cross, experts now say that it dates back to a Pagan tradition. The cross can also represent the four quarters of the moon.

Easter Island is actually called Rapa Nui

The original inhabitants called their island Rapa Nui – which means Great Rapa – but when Dutch explorer Jacob Roggeveen arrived there on Easter Sunday in 1722, he named it Paaseiland (Easter Island).

The White House hosts an Easter egg rolling competition

Every Easter, the White House – the home and office of the President of the United States of America – hosts a traditional egg rolling competition. It all started in 1878, when President Rutherford B. Hayes declared that if any children wanted to roll Easter eggs, they would be allowed.

There’s an old song about Easter bonnets

There’s a tradition of decorating a hat for Easter. You can add flowers, felt bunnies, toy eggs and top it off with a fancy bow. The songwriter Irving Berlin wrote a song called Easter Parade in 1933, which has the lyrics: “In your Easter bonnet, with all the frills upon it, you’ll be the grandest lady in the Easter Parade”. The bonnet itself is linked with getting a new outfit and being lucky for the rest of the year.

Judy Garland sings Easter Parade HERE

Just like Christmas, you do not need to be Christian to celebrate Easter, as it was not a Christian event originally. Celebrating the coming new season and the birth of the spring and new birth on the farms, like lambs and chickens. It celebrates the end of winter and the approaching summer, a time of plenty.

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