Sunday, April 12, 2009

Hoppy Easter

Now here is a chocolate Easter bunny....


It's at a store called Fassbender & Rausch in Berlin.
It's made up of 11320 smaller bunnies.

And did you know the world's largest Easter egg is
right here in Alberta



It is located in Vegreville, Alberta (Canada)
It weighs 5000 lbs and measures 18.3 ft high
by 25.7 feet wide. It was constructed in 1975
to welcome Ukrainians settling in the area.

And again from Berlin, we have to world's largest bunny



Herman weighs 22 lbs and eats 2kg a day, mostly lettuce.
Herman is 3 ft long, his ears alone are 21 cm long.

An Easter egg hunt to keep the kids busy for a while.



510,000 Easter eggs were hidden in Cypress Gardens,
a theme park in Florida. 1000 of the eggs held special
prizes including scholarships.

We all love those little marshmallow peeps. Now you
can savour the taste all day long



For the devout kid on your list



Didn't you just hate all that leftover fluffy stuff
in your basket. You had to dig through it to
find the few remaining candies. Now you can
eat your way to the bottom



I love mini eggs, but I'm not sure about
mini eggs filled with pop rocks



Some weird traditions from around the world...

In Germany, they burn all of their leftover Christmas
trees on Easter day. This is to encourage a sunny Spring.

The Easter Bunny may be the symbol of Easter
here, but not in Australia, it's the Bilby. Rabbits
have destroyed much of the crops in Australia and
are not a favoured species!


In Hungerford, Berkshire (Britain), a policeman blows
a horn, summoning all of the men to the town hall.
The men then roam the streets giving oranges to
women in exchange for a kiss.


In Czech Republic, Hungary and Slovakia women believe
they can keep their youth by being spanked. On Easter
Monday, it is tradition for men to throw water on women
and then spank them with handmade whips of willow.
Ouch.

And finally when you take your kids to visit the
Easter Bunny, don't visit this one