Let's say...: kwietnia 2020

HAPPY EASTER!

Hello again! It’s so nice to meet you again. Although the time is tough for all of us, we’re getting ready for such a joyful festival.

Easter is coming soon!

Let’s remind some important facts about it!

Easter is a spring festival. In the Christian festival, it celebrates the resurrection of Christ. In the European pre-Christian tradition, it celebrates the return of nature and greenery after the cold, snowy winter. Both the Christian and pagan versions of Easter celebrate life and rebirth.

The Easter chick symbolises new life, the rabbit represents fertility and the egg symbolises both. That is why painted eggs or chocolate eggs are given as gifts at Easter.

Many churches hold special services on Easter Sunday, which celebrate Jesus Christ’s resurrection after his crucifixion. Many people also dye eggs. These can be hard-boiled eggs that can be eaten later, but may also be model eggs made of plastic, chocolate, sweets or other materials. It is also common to organise Easter egg hunts. Eggs of some form are hidden, supposedly by a rabbit. People, especially children, then search for them, having so much fun!

Throughout the English-speaking world, many Easter traditions are similar, with only minor differences. For example, Saturday is traditionally spent decorating Easter eggs and hunting for them with children on Sunday morning, by which time they have been mysteriously hidden all over the house and garden.

Other traditions involve parents telling their children that eggs and other treats, such as chocolate eggs or rabbits, have been delivered by the Easter Bunny in an Easter basket, which children find waiting for them when they wake up. Many families observe the religious aspects of Easter

by attending Sunday Mass or services in the morning and then participating in a feast or a party in the afternoon. Some families have a traditional Sunday roast, often of either lamb or ham.

The British celebrate Easter slightly differently than the Poles. First of all, they do not associate Easter with the church

as much as Poles do. They approach it with joy rather than reflection. On the islands, Easter baskets are unlikely to be celebrated, and colorful Easter eggs have been replaced with chocolate eggs and bunnies. Of course, Easter cuisine in the UK is also different from that in Poland. They don't have our mazurka or other Easter cakes there. Instead, simnel cake appears on English tables, which is a fruit cake with marzipan mass. On top are 11 characteristic marzipan balls that symbolize the 11 apostles (without Judas).

Hot Cross Buns are also popular. These are sweet rolls with spices and a characteristic white cross on top. Among the sweets there is also Easter pudding, which is a cupcake poured with a sauce that resembles vanilla pudding.