CONVERSATION QUESTIONS - EASTER

EASTER VOCABULARY:
http://www.esolcourses.com/content/topics/festivals/easter/picture-vocabulary.html

THE HISTORY OF EASTER:

Easter Bunny

Easter Bunny Postcard 1907The Easter Bunny (also called Easter Hare or Spring Bunny) is a character who brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children on the night before Easter. It is depicted as a rabbit sometimes with clothes. When Easter Bunny brings the gifts, it will either put the baskets in a designated place or hide them somewhere in the house or garden for the children to find when they wake up in the morning.
Like Santa Claus, Easter Bunny brings gifts to children on the night before the holiday. Easter Bunny and the eggs symbolize fertility. Since birds lay eggs and rabbits and hares give birth to large litters in the early spring, these became symbols of the rising fertility of the earth and were adopted by early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus.
Source: Wikipedia

Comprehension: True or False

  1. Easter Bunny brings gifts in a bag. 
  2. The custom of Easter Bunny is very much like that of Santa Claus.
  3. Easter Bunny brings gifts on Easter Day. 
  4. Easter Bunny and The eggs are fertility 

Topics for discussion:
  • Why do we celebrate Easter?
  • Do you celebrate Easter in your country?
  • How do you celebrate Easter in your country?
  • Do you have any special family traditions?
  • Did the original meaning of Easter get lost?
  • Do you know the meaning of Easter?
  • Do you celebrate Easter?
  • What do you do to celebrate it?
  • Do you consider it an important holiday? Why or why not?
  • Do you think it used to be more important than it is today? Why or why not?
  • What are the 40 days before Easter called?
  • What special activities or events happen in those 40 days?
  • Do you observe these 40 days?
  • What is the Sunday before Easter called?
  • What is it remembering?
  • What is the Friday before Easter called?
  • What is it remembering?
  • Do you think most people consider Easter time a religious celebration? Why or why not?
  • How do you think the Easter bunny and hiding colored eggs came to be part of the celebration of Easter?
  • Do you think it is wrong to associate religious holidays with other types of things, like Easter and the bunny?
    • Christmas and Santa Claus?

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