Easter traditions and symbols in Great Britain
Easter is a very important festival in Great Britain. Easter day is always on Sunday and it is in spring. The wish for this day is "Happy Easter". There are many funny symbols and interesting traditions on this day.

Easter Bunny
The symbol of Easter is an Easter Bunny, a happy rabbit with a basket of chocolate eggs. He brings these eggs to children on Easter Sunday.

Easter egg hunt
On Easter Sunday morning kids go out and look for the eggs. It's a very exciting egg hunt.


Chocolate

Chocolate bunnies and chocolate eggs are very popular in Great Britain too.




Egg painting
English children like coloring and decorating eggs for easter. Eggs are very important because they mean spring and new life.




Easter egg tree
Kids and parents make a very nice decoration:they put branches in a vase and hang eggs on them.


Easter bonnet
At Easter people use to wear special hats. They are called bonnets. In some British primary schools they organise an "Easter Bonnet Parade" where the best bonnet wins a prize.

Maundy Thursday
In Britain, the Thursday before Easter Sunday, The Queen goes to Westminster Abbey and she gives money to some poor people

Good Friday and "Hot Cross Buns"
On this day people eat hot cross buns. These are small loaves of sweet bread with fruit and spices and they have a cross on top. They are best hot.