Prepare your Easter bonnet and rabbit ears for April events: Easter in April 2023 starting April 7th (to 10th), and Passover starting April 5th (to 13th). Post 600

Rabbit were a theme for Chinese New Year and they pop up perennially for Easter. I have seen rabbit ears headbands hanging on racks outside hairdressers and novelty gift shops and accessory shops.

Time to get out rabbit ear headbands. Easter is coming. Rabbit ears alone might look silly on an adult. However, they are suitable fancy dress for run when mixed in with a theme event. You can co-ordinate your rabbit ears with other items such as banners, posters, food, or on Zoom with a rabbit background.

However, to show off the rabbit ear outline, you might need a plain background in a matching paler colour, or a contrast. Clea away clutter in your background if you want t plain background to save bandwidth.

 The Easter weekend in 2023 is April 7th (Good Friday) to April 10th, Easter Monday.

Time for Easter bonnets for Easter parades.

"In my Easter bonnet, with all the flowers upon it," wrote Irving Berlin in 1933. The song was later used in the film of the same name, built around the song.


Food To Buy And Try

Hot Cross Buns

Simnel Cake

Simnel cake from Wikipedia.

Slice of simnel cake from James Petts in Wikipedia and Wikipedia Commons.

Food To Make

Easter bunny biscuit (cookie)

Easter bunny cake

Easter bunny bread

Easter bunny bread and buns


Easter bunny cakes 


Easter bunny cupcakes (in the UK the old fashioned word is fairy cakes)


Hot Cross Buns

Buns with glazed tops and a cross making a pale incision across the top. 

Easter eggs

Rabbit toys and symbols



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Chocolate rabbits covered with foil


Events

Easter egg hunts, organized by many hotels.  You can do one at home or in a rental villa.

Easter parade, USA, on Easter Sunday.

Passover, the Jewish festival, also known as Pesach, and starting with the Seder night, in 2023 begins on the evening of  Wednesday April 5th, and ends the evening of April 13th.


Useful Websites

Shopping

UK

https://www.tesco.com/groceries/en-GB/buylists/easter-treats/easter-eggs

https://www.britsuperstore.com/uk/browse-by-section/easter/marks-and-spencer-easter-eggs.html

Singapore

https://www.fairprice.com.sg/product/marks-spencer-percy-pig-easter-egg-hunt-basket-

https://publicholidays.sg/easter/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_parade#:

Worldwide

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_foods_with_religious_symbolism

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