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In America
By w311y: 29/06/11
In America, we have the Easter Bunny, Easter tree, all the candy and the eggs. What about other nations? Do they celebrate Easter too?
Scotland children hard boil eggs and paint them on Easter Saturday. On Easter Sunday, they take the eggs to the top of a tall hill and have a race to see whose egg would get to the bottom first.
Hungarian kids trade hard boiled eggs and then see who can be the first to throw a coin into the egg. It must stay in the egg and not just chip off the side of the shell. Pennies and dimes work the best.
Bulgarians crack eggs after midnight on Easter Sunday. The first one is cracked against the church wall, then everyone chooses their own egg. Each egg is cracked against another person’s egg and the one left with an unbroken egg will receive a year of good luck.
The Greeks have a unique tradition. Everyone gathers at the midnight service and all the lights in the church are turned off. A priest comes in the church doors with a lighted candle and goes to the front pew and lights one person’s candle. In turn, the one candle lights the rest of the candles in the church. This represents the Light of the Resurrection and everyone receives it.
In Poland, the Easter basket is the highlight of the day. The older family members make them for the younger ones. They are filled with Easter eggs, homemade bread, ham, butter lamb, and Polish sausages.
The Finnish greet their friend and family by whisking them with small willow twigs. This is done to wish them luck in the following year. Everyone had a turn and then on Easter Sunday, they would exchange eggs, candies, or money to repay the favor.
There are many more traditions, but they are all done to honor the resurrection of Christ and celebrate his return to heaven.
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