why celebrate easter

why easter eggs?

Eggs are a symbol of 'fertility', 'rebirth' and the 'beginning'.

Traditionally eggs were not allowed to be eaten during Lent. As this time of year was the peak egg-laying time for hens there were always a lot left over. So, people started to hard boil them and decorate them in bright colours as a gift for children on Easter Sunday.

Cadbury's Chocolate Eggs
John Cadbury made his first 'French eating chocolate' in 1842, but it was not until 1875 that the first Cadbury Easter eggs were made.

The earliest Cadbury chocolate eggs were made of dark chocolate with a plain smooth surface and they were filled with sugar coated chocolate drops. The chocolate eggs were then made as plain shells decorated by chocolate piping and marzipan flowers.

In the 1930s novelties and small eggs were available for children but it would appear that the adults were the ones eating all of the Easter eggs!