EASTER
What animal is believed to bring Easter candy and eggs to children?
Easter Bunny
What year was the very first Easter Egg Roll at the White House?
1878
WHAT IS CONSIDERED TO BE THE FLOWER OF EASTER?
EASTER LILIES
What are the two most popular Easter candies?
chocolate and jellybeans
What day and date does Easter fall on in 2026?
Sunday, April 5th
WHAT DO YOU TYPICALLY USE TO COLLECT EASTER EGGS?
AN EASTER BASKET
WHY WERE EASTER EGGS A SYMBOL FOR HOLY WEEK?
BECUASE THEY REPRESENT JESUS RESURRECTION
WHAT DO EASTER LILIES REPRESENT?
HOPE AND REBIRTH
WHAT COUNTRY DID THE IDEA OF THE EASTER BUNNY GIVING CANDY AND EGGS COME FROM?
GERMANY
WHICH TRADITION DID START WITH PEOPLE LEAVING EASTER SERVICES AT CHURCH ?
EASTER PARADE
What does the holiday of Easter celebrate?
Jesus Christ rising from the dead
IN WHAT CENTURY WAS IT SAID THAT THE 1ST EASTER EGGS WERE DECORATED?
THE 13TH CENTURY
WHERE DID THE 1ST BLOOM OF EASTER LILIES ORIGINATE?
JAPAN
HOW MANY JELLY BEANS ARE MADE EACH YEAR FOR EASTER?
16 BILLION JELLY BEANS
WHAT STATE AND CITY HAS THE MOST FASHIONABLE EASTER DAY?
NEW YORK
WHAT HOLIDAY DOES EASTER ALWAYS COMPETE WITH FOR CHOCOLATE SALES?
HALLOWEEN
WHEN DID THE EASTER BUNNY COME TO THE UNITED STATES?
THE 1700'S
About what year did Easter lilies arrive in the USA?
1880s
WHICH OTHER NON-CHOCOLATE CANDY HAS BECOME POPULAR THE LAST YEARS?
THE MARSHMALLOW PEEP
WHICH A TRADITIONAL EASTER FOOD?
LAMB
WHAT HOLIDAY DO PEOPLE TEND TO BUY THE MOST CANDY/CHOCOLATE?
EASTER
What area of the world did coloring Easter Eggs originate from?
Mesopotamia (modern day Iraq, Kuwait, Turkey, and Syria)
WHEN WERE LILIES BROUGH TO ENGLAND?
IN 1777
WHEN DID PEEPS BEGIN TO BE SOLD?
1950'S
WHICH SEASON STARTS IN EASTER?
SPRING