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New blog time cause I was getting tired of the old one....

So seeing that this weekend is Easter... Let's do a Easter Blog.....Shall We??

EASTER CANDY FACTS:
~Easter is the second most important candy-eating occasion of the year for Americans, who consumed 7 billion pounds of candy in 2001, according to the National Confectioner's Association.

~In 2000, Americans spent nearly $1.9 billion on Easter candy, while Halloween sales were nearly $2 billion; Christmas, an estimated $1.4 billion; and Valentine's Day, just over $1 billion.

~Ninety million chocolate Easter bunnies are produced each year.

~Chocolate bunnies should be eaten ears first, according to 76% of Americans. Five percent said bunnies should be eaten feet first, while 4% favored eating the tail first.

~Adults prefer milk chocolate (65%), to dark chocolate (27%).

~Each Easter season, Americans buy more than 700 million Marshmallow Peeps, shaped like chicks, as well as Marshmallow Bunnies and Marshmallow Eggs, making them the most popular non-chocolate Easter candy.

~As many as 4.2 million Marshmallow Peeps, bunnies, and other shapes can be made each day.

~In 1953, it took 27 hours to create a Marshmallow Peep. Today it takes six minutes.

~Yellow Peeps are the most popular, followed by pink, lavender, blue, and white.

~Americans consume 16 billion jellybeans at Easter, many of them hidden in baskets. If all the Easter jellybeans were lined end to end, they would circle the globe nearly three times.

~Jellybeans did not become an Easter tradition until the 1930s. They were probably first made in America by Boston candy maker William Schrafft, who ran advertisements urging people to send jellybeans to soldiers fighting in the Civil War.

~70% of kids aged 611 say they prefer to eat Easter jellybeans one at a time, while 23% report eating several at once. Boys (29%) were more apt to eat a handful than girls (18%).

~Candy makers are offering more and more Easter products. In the early 1980s, M&M's became available in pastel spring colors. Reese's makes peanut butter eggs, and Smucker's produces jellybeans.

~Candy is a relatively recent Easter tradition. Chocolate eggs, the most popular Easter candy, were first made in Europe in the early 1800s.

~Hot cross buns were among the earliest Easter treats, made by European monks and given to the poor during Lent.

~Pretzels were originally associated with Easter. The twists of a pretzel were thought to resemble arms crossed in prayer.
(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM: http://www.infoplease.com/spot/eastercandy1.html)








and I dont know about all of you.... but if you havent tried these amazing things.... go do it. Actually dont do it....cause I am addicted to them.... They are sooo yummy!!!









Facts:
~The first Easter baskets were made to look like bird's nests.

~The traditional act of painting eggs is called Pysanka.

~The custom of giving eggs at Easter time has been traced back to Egyptians, Persians, Gauls, Greeks and Romans, to whom the egg was a symbol of life.

~The name Easter owes its origin from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes hare and egg.

~Easter always falls between March 22 and April 25.
(INFORMATION TAKEN FROM: http://www.indobase.com/holidays/easter/easter-facts/index.html)

~Easter, the principal festival of the Christian church year, celebrates the Resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his Crucifixion. The origins of Easter date to the beginnings of Christianity, and it is probably the oldest Christian observance after the Sabbath (observed on Saturday).
(TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE ACTUAL HISTORY OF EASTER... IF YOU WANT TO KNOW... CHECK OUT THIS WEBSITE.... I FIGURED A LOT OF YOU ALREADY KNEW THOUGH....
http://www.theholidayspot.com/easter/history/)

YOU ALL HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEKEND WHATEVER IT IS THAT YOU ARE DOING... FOR THOSE WHO CELEBRATE EASTER... HAPPY EASTER.... XOXOXOXO