Easter is the second biggest holiday of the year for confectioners (after halloween) and there’s a fantastic roundup on the (relatively recent) history of Easter sweets and candy over at the Failed Success blog. Unsurprisingly, much of the traditional Easter fayre (hot cross buns, pretzels and so on) is believed to be of Pagan origin (spring rites were as important as harvest rites in many pagan religions).
Of course, a popular belief amongst children is that of the easter bunny, a creature that goes around giving out chocolate eggs and jelly beans. Startling video evidence has since shown this to be untrue…
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