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hi everyone I'm Gina after Christmas the
second biggest religious event of the
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year in the UK is Easter even for people
who don't celebrate Easter as a
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religious observance it is an important
time of the year the date changes every
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year but it always coincides with the
start of spring in this lesson you're
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going to learn about Easter and how it
is celebrated
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how many chocolate eggs are eaten in the
UK at Easter we'll show you the answer
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at the end of this video at Easter we
give each other eggs eggs symbolize the
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resurrection a new life of Jesus Christ
following his crucifixion when this
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tradition started it was bird eggs
painted in bright colors that were given
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now we give chocolate eggs to each other
and especially to children that often
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have even more chocolate inside a
popular activity at Easter is to hold an
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Easter egg hunt small eggs are given in
an area usually a garden or public place
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such as a school and then people try to
find them the eggs can be real eggs that
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have been hard-boiled and painted or
small chocolate eggs schools will hold
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many events and competitions related to
Easter and one of the most famous is the
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Easter bonnet parade for this hats are
decorated with Easter related
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decorations such as eggs chicks and
rabbits there are egg rolling
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competitions where hard-boiled eggs are
rolled down a slide or a hill and the
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egg that travels the furthest without
breaking apart wins also there are egg
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decorating competitions
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you
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at Christmas it has Santa Claus that
brings the presents but at Easter it is
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the Easter Bunny that brings the eggs
chocolate figures in the shape of
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bunnies are popular gifts at Easter
alongside the traditional eggs and now
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I'll give you the answer to the earlier
quiz how many chocolate eggs are eaten
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in the UK at Easter around 80 million
eggs are eaten by Brits at Easter this
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is particularly impressive for a country
that has a population of only 63 million
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people how was this lesson did you learn
something interesting do you have any
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games similar to the ones I spoke about
in your country leave us a comment at
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in the next lesson bye
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