FRIDAY!
BURNING
EASTER SUNDAY QUESTIONS!
WHY DO WE EAT CHOCOLATE
QEGGS DURING EASTER?
A
Well, eggs are a potent symbol of life, renewal and
rebirth dating back for a few millennium, and were
adopted by early Christians to signify the resurrection
of Jesus Christ. The tradition of eating eggs on Easter is also tied
to Lent, the six-week period before Easter during which Christians
traditionally abstained from all animal products, including meat, dairy
• In ye olde Britain, the churches would hold an egg throwing festival.
and eggs. Since the chickens would continue to lay eggs during Lent,
The priest would give out one hard-boiled egg that would be tossed
the Christians would hard boil the eggs so that they would not spoil and
around the nave of the church and the choirboy holding the egg
save them for Easter. As for chocolate, well, children love chocolate, and
when the clock struck twelve would get to keep it.
coating the eggs in chocolate gave the ritual a fun, kid-friendly twist.
• In the past, children in Germany were very adept at egg throwing.
They devised a technique to spin the egg during the toss such
that it would land on the ground on its tip while it was still
spinning. Talk about talent!
MORE EASTER EGG TRADITIONAL GAMES
• In Holland, the Dutch children would play a game called egg
sales. One child would sell an egg to another child. Then, the
new owner of the egg would throw the egg at the grass and if it
did not break, then the egg had to be returned to the seller. The
country also has an egg dancing game. Children would dance
inside a large circle of eggs and had to try to work their way out
without