I hope you enjoy my Easter Page
On Wednesday 20th March 2002, we held our annual Easter Fair at school, this year besides all the usual stalls we had a Easter Bonnet competition.
The first two pictures below are me in my bonnet, the night before the fair the last picture is the one taken from our locla paper on Thursday evening.

I WON.. I WON.. FIRST PRIZE......

 
Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Hippity hoppity,
Easter's on its way.

Bringin' every girl and boy
Baskets full of Easter joy,
Things to make your Easter
Bright and gay.

He's got jelly beans for Tommy
Colored eggs for sister Sue
There's an orchid for your Mommy
And an Easter bonnet too!

Oh!  Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity hoppity,
Happy Easter Day

Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail,
Look at him stop
And listen to him say ...

"Try to do the things you should,"
Maybe if you're extra good,
He'll roll lots of
Easter eggs your way.

You'll wake up on Easter morning
And you'll know that he was there
When you find those choc'late bunnies
That he's hiding ev'rywhere.

Oh! Here comes Peter Cottontail
Hoppin' down the bunny trail
Hippity, hoppity
Happy Easter Day!

Hippity, hoppity
Happy Easter Day

 

 
The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday.
This was when Jesus rode into Jerusalem. People gathered around Him, throwing their garments along His path and waving palm branches and singing,
"Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!"

 
Good Friday commemorates Jesus' trial, crucifixion, and death.

 
The roots of the Easter Bunny stem from German folklore. The first edible Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s. They were made of pastry and sugar. It is thought that bunnies were chosen because of their fertility. They served as symbols of the new life during the Spring season.

 
The custom of exchanging Eggs began in ancient times. The ancient Egyptians and Persians often dyed eggs in spring colors and gave them to their friends as gifts. The Persians believed that the earth had hatched from a giant egg. Early Christians of Mesopotamis were the first to use colored eggs for Easter.

In some European countries, people colored eggs red to represent the joy of the resurrection. In England, friends often wrote messages and dates on the eggs they exchanged, Elaborate candy eggs with a window in one end and tiny scenes inside were popular gifts in the 1800�s. The egg is also symbolic of Christ rising from the tomb, both in the way the chick emerges from the egg and to represent the stone that was rolled in front of the tomb.

 
The Britannia Coconutters....
Every Year on Easter Saturday in the town where i live the Britannia Coconutters, dance through the town. they have black faces and wear wooden nuts on thier hands, belts, and knees. which they strike together in time to the music, they wear clogs with bells on, red and white skitrts, and dance with red white and blue flowered garlands.

Click here to see more about the Britannia Coconutters.