Happy Easter Bank Holiday!

Happy Easter Everyone! Easter is one of the most widely celebrated holidays in the world. Easter is a Christian festival and marks the end of Lent and the resurrection of Jesus Christ!

Here are some fun Easter facts:

1) Easter is named after Eostre who was an Anglo-Saxon Goddess. She was the Goddess of Fertility and also Dawn and Light.

2) The first ever Easter egg was made in the UK! We should be really proud as the first ever Easter egg was invented in the UK. It was made in Bristol in 1873 by Fry's Chocolate Company.

3) The most expensive ever Easter egg cost £7,000 The expensive egg sold in London on 20th March 2012. It was so expensive, it became the world record for the most expensive edible egg! The egg was decorated with gold leaf and white flowers; it took three days to make!

4) Back in the medieval times, it was believed that if you wear new clothes it would bring you good luck. Luckily we don’t really think that any more, so we can stick to our favourite jumper!

5) Easter is a Christian festival to signify new life. That’s why you see lots of eggs (because chicks hatch out of them) and also loads of Easter bunnies! Rabbits give birth to lots of babies (known as kittens) and so they are a great example of new life.

6) During Easter, lots of Easter eggs are given to family and friends to celebrate.A huge 80 million Easter eggs are sold in the UK each year.

7) According to the Guinness World Records, the largest ever Easter egg hunt was held in Florida.  There were 9,753 children who took part in the hunt as there were lots of eggs to find. The children had to find a total of 501,000 eggs!

8) In medieval times, a priest would throw a hard boiled egg to the choir boys in the church. They would keep throwing it around and as soon as the clock hit 12 o’clock, whoever had the egg could keep it.