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Marshmallows were first made from the sap of the marsh mallow plant, though modern ones use gelatin instead.
Easter Word Search
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eastertideFind to reveal
During Orthodox Bright Week, sanctuary doors remain open through Easter celebrations, giving the holiday a visible symbol that lasts longer than Sunday.
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The first hollow chocolate Easter eggs were made by Fry's in Britain in 1873, once chocolate could finally be molded into shape.
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Jelly beans get their glossy shell from an old candy-making method called panning, the same technique used to coat chocolate almonds.
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Easter's date depends on a church calendar's full moon, which can differ from the actual Moon seen in the sky.
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A 1909 gardening book described hyacinths flowering upside down in water-filled vases, turning a spring bloom into an unexpected underwater display.
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A duckling can learn to follow a moving object soon after hatching, a process called imprinting rather than ordinary training.
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A garland needn't use flowers: Hawaiian leis can include shells, seeds, leaves, or feathers, turning many materials into a welcome.
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The Easter basket echoes old bird-nest customs: German children once built nests in caps and bonnets, hoping the hare would fill them.
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The egg-laying Easter bunny began as the German Osterhase, a hare first written about in 1678 and carried to America by settlers.
True stories · Vegreville, Alberta
A three-story Easter egg
In the small town of Vegreville, Alberta, stands an Easter egg taller than a house. Built in 1975, the giant pysanka honors the Ukrainian settlers who farmed the region and decorated real eggs each spring in their traditional folk style. It stands about 31 feet tall and weighs roughly 2.5 tons, its surface tiled with geometric pieces in bronze, silver and gold colors that catch the light. The design was such a puzzle that a computer scientist at the University of Utah helped work out how the thousands of pieces could fit a true egg shape. It can even turn in the wind like a weathervane, a quiet tribute to a heritage of patience and care.
Easter spells out beauty, the rare beauty of new life.
S. D. Gordon
Trivia
On which day of the week is the famous White House Easter Egg Roll traditionally held?
Easter Monday.
What is the name for a Ukrainian Easter egg decorated using a wax-resist method?
A pysanka.
The Osterhase, the original egg-bringing Easter hare, comes from the folklore of which country?
Germany.
Roughly how many jeweled Imperial Easter eggs did the House of Faberge make for the Russian tsars?
About fifty.
In the Western church calendar, Easter Sunday follows the first ecclesiastical full moon on or after which fixed date?
March 21, the church calendar's spring equinox date.
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On which day of the week is the famous White House Easter Egg Roll traditionally held?
Easter Monday.
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The lawn the children won
For years children rolled Easter eggs down the grassy slopes near the United States Capitol, until lawmakers, annoyed at the trampled turf, passed a law in the 1870s shooing them away. In 1878 President Rutherford Hayes heard of their plight and threw open the South Lawn of the White House instead, inviting families to roll their eggs there on Easter Monday. The gathering became a yearly tradition that still draws thousands today, with a long and complicated history of public access. A small act of welcome turned a closed door into an open lawn.
Easter is meant to be a symbol of hope, renewal, and new life.
Janine di Giovanni
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Sources: Vegreville egg (Wikipedia) · Origins of the White House Easter Egg Roll · Earliest hollow chocolate Easter eggs (Guinness World Records) · History of the Last Tsar's Faberge Eggs (Science Museum)
Word list, facts & trivia researched and compiled by Sam Letterman — spotted a mistake? Tell us and we’ll fix it.