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In many countries, different traditional foods are associated with Easter.

In England, for example, many bakers make a type of small cake with a white cross on the top called a ‘hot cross bun’ on Good Friday.

TRADITION

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These buns taste like sweet bread and are absolutely delicious!

 ABSOLUTE

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Pancakes are also eaten in England the day before the Easter fast begins. This provides a good opportunity to use up all uneaten eggs, fat and flour, which some people don’t eat again until after Easter.

OPPORTUNE

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Eggs are also associated with Easter in many countries because they symbolise new life. The decoration of eggs dates back to 1290, when the English king, Edward I, ordered 450 eggs to be covered in gold and given as presents.

Chocolate Easter eggs first appeared in Germany in the 1800s.

 DECORATE

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Nowadays, chocolate eggs are often wrapped in colourful foil paper and given to children as gifts at Easter.

 COLOUR

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The most famous Easter eggs were made by Fabergé, a jeweller for the Czar of Russia, in the 19th century. The eggs were covered in gold and precious stones. Nowadays, just one of these small eggs is worth millions of pounds.

 FAME