Top 10 interesting Easter facts

Doesn’t matter you’re an atheist or a firm believer of theistical phenomenon, you can’t miss the high-spirited celebration of Easter. Conceived as one of the most felicitous occasion in Christian worship, Easter marks the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, three days after his crucifixion. With extreme appeal of secularism and commercialism, the festival of Easter revolves around contentment, and which is very much at the centre of our intellection.

EventEve lists ten interesting Easter facts in a lighter vein for your pleasure. Make sure to share more facts and your thoughts in the comments!

10. After Halloween, Easter is the biggest candy consuming holiday.

9. When it comes to eating of chocolate bunnies, it is the ears that are preferred to be eaten first by as many as 76% of people.

8. In the catalogue of kids’ favorite Easter foodstuff, Red jellybeans occupy top most position.

7. 90 million chocolate Easter bunnies are made for Easter each year.

6. The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg.

5. According to the Guinness Book of World Records the largest Easter egg ever made was just over 25 feet high and weighed 8,968 lbs.

4. Every year, the White House hosts an Easter Egg Roll on the front lawn. The tradition was started by President Rutherford B. Hayes in 1878.

3. The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka.

2. The first Easter baskets were made to look like bird’s nests.

1. The tradition of giving eggs at Easter time has been traced back to Persians, Egyptians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, to whom the egg was a symbol of life.

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