Holy Week
What day is also called passion sunday?
palm sunday
Workers in Birmingham, who make the famous _______ Creme Egg, produce more than 1.5 million egg delights a year.
Cadbury
Peep peep… Americans buy more than ___ million marshmallow Peeps during Easter.
What day starts lent?
Ash Wednesday
The idea of the Easter bunny giving candies and eggs is said to have originated in _____ during the middle ages (European Country)
Germany
What is the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy?
peeps!
Where was Jesus for 40 days when he didn't eat and was all alone?
the desert
The Easter egg is said to symbolize and represent ___.
joy
Explain what happens during an Easter Egg Hunt.
( answers will very) eggs are hidden and you try to find the most eggs.
lent
An estimated $14.7 _____ is spent in total for Easter in the US.
billion
name another popular Easter candy.
chocolate bunnies, cadbury eggs, jelly beans, pastel colored m&ms
In the US, only 12 of the 50 states recognize ____ _____ as a holiday.
Good Friday
The art of painting ____ is called pysanka, which originated in Ukraine. It involves using wax and dyes to color the ___.
eggs/ egg
The tallest Easter ___ chocolate was made in Italy in 2011. It stood at 10.39 meters and weighed an astounding 7,200 kg.
egg