Easter
- Good Friday is the Friday before Easter Sunday. This day is remembered as the day when Jesus was crucified. The origins of "Good Friday" may be from "God's Friday"' just as goodbye is derived from "God be with you" (ye in old English).
- Easter Saturday is the Saturday before Easter, the last day of Lent and is the day when Christ's body laid in his tomb. On Easter Sunday we celebrate that Jesus rose from the dead to live forever.
- Why do we give Easter eggs? The traditional Easter gift is a chocolate egg. They symbolise new life. Rabbits are used as a symbol of fertility.
Easter in England
- It is traditional to eat "hot cross buns" on Good Friday in England. The buns have a cross on top which symbolises the cross on which Jesus was killed.
Colouring eggs for Easter was a custom in England during the Middle Ages and eggs were usually painted with bright colours, to represent the sunlight of Spring. However, this practice became more famous when King Edward I decided to give them as Easter gifts in 1290.
- On the traditional Easter egg hunt, children have to find small chocolate eggs that are hidden in parks or gardens. In Britain it is estimated that each year nearly 80 million chocolate eggs are eaten.
Easter in Spain
In Spain, the saints or pasos are carried through the streets by specially chosen people, some of whom wear the traditional hooded costumes of the community.
Vocabulary
EASTER
| Ash Wednesday | Miércoles de Ceniza |
| Easter | Pascua |
| Easter break | vacaciones de Semana Santa |
| Easter bunny | conejito de Pascua |
| Easter egg | huevo de Pascua |
| Easter egg hunt | búsqueda de huevos de Pascua |
| Easter holiday | vacaciones de Semana Santa |
| Easter mass | misa de Pascua |
| Easter Saturday | Sábado Santo, Sábado de Gloria |
| Easter Sunday | Domingo de Pascua, Domingo de Resurrección |
| basket | canasta |
| chocolate egg | huevo de chocolate |
| coloured egg | huevo de color |
| decorated egg | huevo decorado |
| Good Friday | Viernes Santo |
| Happy Easter | Felices Pascuas |
| Holy Week | Semana Santa |
| Lent | Cuaresma |
| Lenten Season | Cuaresma |
| Palm Sunday | Domingo de Ramos |
| Passion of Christ | Pasión de Cristo |
| Pentecost | Pentecostés |
| Resurrection | Resurrección |
| roll | rosca |
| Whitsun | Pentecostés |
Easter Recipes
Ingredients
- Cupcakes
- 1 box (1 lb 2.25 oz) yellow or devil's food cake mix with pudding
- Water, vegetable oil and eggs called for on cake mix box
- Frosting and Decorations
- 2 1/2 cups shredded coconut
- Yellow liquid food color
- 1 container (1 lb) vanilla frosting
- 48 brown miniature candy-coated chocolate baking bits
- 24 small orange gumdrops
Directions
- 1Heat oven to 350°F (325°F for dark or nonstick pans). Place paper baking cup in each of 24 regular-size muffin cups. Make cake mix as directed on box, using water, oil and eggs. Divide batter among muffin cups. Bake 17 to 22 minutes or until toothpick inserted in centers comes out clean. Cool in pans 10 minutes; remove from pans to cooling racks. Cool completely, about 30 minutes.
- 2Place coconut in resealable food-storage plastic bag. Add about 8 drops yellow liquid food color; seal bag and shake to mix. Frost cupcakes with white frosting. Top with yellow coconut. For eyes, add brown baking bits. Cut orange gumdrops to resemble beaks; place on cupcakes.
Ingredients
- Buns
- 1 can (8 oz) Pillsbury® refrigerated crescent dinner rolls
- 1/3 cup raisins
- 1/4 teaspoon grated lemon peel, if desired
- Icing
- 1/4 cup powdered sugar
- 1 to 2 teaspoons milk
Directions
- 1Heat oven to 375°F. Unroll dough and separate into 8 triangles.
- 2In small bowl, mix raisins and lemon peel; spoon about 1 teaspoon raisin mixture onto short side of each triangle. Gently wrap corners of dough over filling and roll to opposite point; pinch to seal. Place point side down on ungreased cookie sheet.
- 3Bake 12 to 14 minutes or until golden brown. Remove from cookie sheet; place on wire rack. Cool 10 minutes.
- 4In small bowl, mix powdered sugar and enough milk until smooth and drizzling consistency. With spoon, drizzle icing in cross shape on top of each bun.
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