Holiday: Easter
Date: April 24, 2011
History: Easter is a religious holiday celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead and in the West, is observed on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21 (this could fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25). However, Easter is not a single day of observance. Lent, Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Holy Week including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday and Eastertide are all part of this celebration. Not surprisingly, there is a commercial side to the Easter celebration. Folk customs and pagan traditions like Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets and candy have, overtime, become a standard part of Easter (very similar to Christmas).
Interesting Facts: After Halloween, Easter is the second best-selling candy holiday in America. According to the National Confectioners Association, over 16 billion jelly beans are made in the U.S. each year for Easter, enough to fill a giant egg measuring 89 feet high and 60 feet wide. Any Peep lovers out there? For the past decade, that has been the top-selling, non-chocolate Easter candy.
For more information, visit http://www.history.com/topics-of-easter or http://www.history.com/topics/easter-symbols.
Date: April 24, 2011
History: Easter is a religious holiday celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection from the dead and in the West, is observed on the first Sunday following the full moon after the vernal equinox on March 21 (this could fall anywhere between March 22 and April 25). However, Easter is not a single day of observance. Lent, Mardi Gras or Fat Tuesday, Holy Week including Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday and Eastertide are all part of this celebration. Not surprisingly, there is a commercial side to the Easter celebration. Folk customs and pagan traditions like Easter eggs, bunnies, baskets and candy have, overtime, become a standard part of Easter (very similar to Christmas).
Interesting Facts: After Halloween, Easter is the second best-selling candy holiday in America. According to the National Confectioners Association, over 16 billion jelly beans are made in the U.S. each year for Easter, enough to fill a giant egg measuring 89 feet high and 60 feet wide. Any Peep lovers out there? For the past decade, that has been the top-selling, non-chocolate Easter candy.
For more information, visit http://www.history.com/topics-of-easter or http://www.history.com/topics/easter-symbols.
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