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标 题: Easter Day
发信站: 听涛站 (Wed Apr 4 17:00:22 2001), 转信
April 23 复活节:4月23日
Most English holidays have a religious origin. Easter Day occurs on the
first Sunday after the full moon following the spring equinox.It is original
ly the day to commemorate the Resurrection of Jesus Christ. But now for most
people, Easter is a secular spring holiday, while for the children, it mean
s, more than anything else, Easter eggs or chocolate eggs!
On Easter Sunday morning, the breakfast eggs are boiled in several pans
in some families.Each containing a different vegetable dye, so that when the
y are served the shells are no longer white or pale brown in color, but yell
ow or pink, blue or green. The dyes do not penetrate the shell of course.
Chocolate Easter eggs are displayed in confectioners' shops as soon as C
hristmas is over. The smallest and simplest are inexpensive enough for child
ren to buy with pocket money. These are of two sorts. Very small ones, perha
ps a little longer than an inch in length, are coated thinly with chocolate
on the outside and filled with a sweet, soft paste, called fondant.They are
wrapped in colored foil in a variety of patterns. Slightly larger eggs, a li
ttle bigger, as a rule, than a duck's egg, are hollow. There is nothing insi
de at all-- just a wrapped chocolate shell. You break the shell and eat the
jagged, irregular pieces.
As Easter approaches, more elaborate eggs than these fill the sweet-shop
windows. They are accompanied by all sorts of small presents designed to ap
peal to children.They are often decorated with small fluffy chickens, made o
f wool, and with feet and beaks in card. Lucky children may receive several
of these as presents from friends or relations.
Easter eggs are meant to give enjoyment-- and they do! They are pretty a
nd decorative, they signal good wishes and shared happiness in the changing
seasons.
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