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Those Easter Myths and Traditions (cont...)
Hot Cross Buns Easter Baskets
Conspicuously risen breads like hot cross buns may show a
desire for Easter traditions to be different from Passover, which
includes unleavened breads. Breads marked with an X
symbolize the cross but there are others too Choreg from These are originally more an Easter nest that emerged from a
Armenia, Paska from Ukrain, the Polish Babka and the Greeks German tradition and inspired by concepts of fertility and
love their Tsoureki. springtime, much like other Easter traditions. Children would
make nests, lled with grass, in hopes that Peter Cottontail
Hollow chocolate bunnies
would ll the nest with eggs. The nests gradually evolved into
baskets, which were less messy, easier to carry and bigger.
In 1939, chocolate manufacturers wanted a way to make
chocolate bunnies that could be large and decorative while still
easy to eat and given the bunny tradition at Easter, launched
these hollow bunnies during Easter.
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