DAVID

What did you do at Easter? How do English people celebrate it?

Hello! I´m David and in this Easter´s holidays I have been in a house with my friends during four days without parents, spending the time quietly. With my parents I have celebrated the passion and the resurrection of Jesus because we are catholics.

In England, Easter is the time for holidays, festivals and a time for giving chocolate Easter eggs. But Easter means much more.... Easter is the oldest and the most important christian festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. Easter is the story of Jesus' last days in Jerusalem before his death.The Easter story includes Maundy thursday, Good friday and Easter day.

For Christians the custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life.The first eggs given at Easter were birds eggs. These eggs were painted in bright colours to give them further meaning as a gift. England´s people still paint bird eggs today but usually only chicken eggs.