16-20 Easter Facts
16. Easter is named after a German Goddess. – Source
17. While the pointed white hood is a symbol of racism in the US, the same costume is used during Easter celebration in Spain. – Source
18. Radio & TV stations in NZ aren’t allowed to play any commercial content at all on Good Friday, Easter Sunday & Christmas Day or they get fined. – Source
19. When the Puritans came to power in England after the execution of King Charles I, Parliament enacted a law in 1647 abolishing the observance of Christmas and Easter. The Puritans of New England then passed a series of laws making any observance of Christmas illegal. – Source
20. Carl Gauss’ illiterate mother never recorded the date of his birth, remembering only that he had been born on a Wednesday, 31 days after Easter. Gauss solved this puzzle about his birthdate and derived methods to compute the date of Easter in both past and future years. – Source
21-25 Easter Facts
21. The custom of the Easter egg may have existed in the early Christian community of Mesopotamia, who stained eggs red in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at his crucifixion. – Source
22. In the Czech Republic and Slovakia, men spank women with a special handmade whip as part of Easter celebrations. – Source
23. Christians eat ham on Easter because, in Europe (and eventually, America), the ham was one of the only plentiful meats available in early spring before fresh meats were readily available again. – Source
24. Easter sells more candy than Halloween selling 146 million pounds or $823 million dollars worth just last year. However, the prices of candy drop the lowest after Halloween reaching close to $4 a pound. – Source
25. In Australia, chocolate bilbies are sold as an alternative to chocolate rabbits at Easter. The bilby is an endangered rabbit-sized marsupial. – Source
