Easter in the United States

In most Christian countries and especially Catholics, Passover revolves around the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. In Spain, during Holy Week (the week between Palm Sunday and Easter Sunday), religious processions are held in almost every city.

In countries like the United States, the celebration of Easter dispenses great religious deployments, although some celebrates going to mass.

Typically in the US it is that Easter become a holiday week, but now the spring break (Spring Break) school does not necessarily coincide with Easter or Passover. In public schools, depending on the state, this holiday week will occur before, during or even after Easter.

The rabbit and chocolate eggs

It is customary for Easter egg hunts are organized. This is often done on Easter Sunday. Families hide plastic eggs filled with candy or a little treat, and children find them.

Smaller think it's the Easter Bunny, which brings eggs or small gifts.

Also parks, schools, churches and other organizations make these celebrations in which children can also make crafts like decorating cooked, or draw rabbits Easter eggs.

How does the rabbit with eggs?

It seems that eggs and rabbit are the result of a mixture of religious and pagan history.

On the one hand, after the death and resurrection of Jesus, during Lent were forbidden to eat certain foods, including eggs. When Easter came, people celebrated by eating eggs, to get even fasting thereof.

The rabbit could emerge from the legend that the cave in which Jesus was resurrected, was not only her body but also had a rabbit. The rabbit witnessed the resurrection of Jesus, and wanted to tell people. As he could not speak, he came to paint colored eggs and take them to people to understand that a miracle had occurred. This is, again, a legend, but it could be the precursor Easter rabbit and the relationship with the eggs.

Over time, some countries, such as Germany, began making chocolate bunnies and eggs at Easter.

Today in some countries, such as Spain, the Easter cake, a sweet cake in the middle of which there eat a boiled egg, shell and all.

In the United States, moms cooked eggs and decorate them with children: the stain 

and paint colors. Naturally, you can eat, although certainly prefer small sweet eggs.