Easter

Easter in the United States

• Families go to church on Easter Sunday and celebrate with a lunch or dinner. Americans typically eat ham, vegetables and pie for dessert

• Popular children activities on this day include Easter egg hunt, painting eggs, egg-and-spoon race, bunny hop race

• The ¨Easter bunny¨ comes to deliver Easter baskets for the children

• These baskets are filled with candy, chocolate and other small gifts

Easter Fun Facts

• After Halloween, Easter is the holiday where the most candy is consumed - chocolate is the most popular

• The idea of the Easter Bunny giving away candy and eggs is believed to have originated in Germany in the Middle Ages