Искал данные для сочинений к курсам и вот что нашел
Не могу этот шикарный кусок не процитировать:
Another popular public holiday is Easter which comes in spring at different time each year (March or April). The world “Easter” owes its name and many of its customs to a pagn festival called “eostre” which is the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring-time. In England it’s time for the giving and receiving of presents: Easter chocolate eggs – (an egg signifies the Nature’s reawakening) – and hot buns. Traditionally, chicken eggs are hard-boiled and dyed various colours and hidden around for children to find. Kids are also given eggs to roll down hillsides and the one whose egg remains whole and intact is declared the winner. Carnivals and merry-making parades are held in many places on the day before Lent.
перевод, для тех кто не знает англ.
Шикарно, ничего не скажешь