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Easter Traditions: From Hot Cross Buns to Zombie Jesus
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We're recording on Good Friday but releasing after Easter, so join us for a time-warped exploration of all things Easter-related! After catching up about Davey's recent Florida adventure (complete with Disney rash and Mickey Mouse sightings), we dive into Easter traditions both familiar and obscure.
Did you ever wonder why we eat chocolate eggs or where the Easter bunny originated? From hot cross buns (which Davey loves but Hannah detests) to the symbolic significance of lamb roasts, we unpack the religious and cultural meanings behind these Easter staples. We also discover some lesser-known traditions like Simnel Cake with its eleven marzipan balls representing the apostles, Easter lilies symbolizing resurrection, and rural Easter bonfires meant to ward off evil spirits.
The highlight of our episode is a lively fact-or-fiction game where Hannah puts her Easter knowledge to the test. Learn surprising facts about Queen Elizabeth I banning hot cross buns, the world's largest Easter egg standing 34 feet tall, and why Easter Island got its name. With plenty of laughs and a few lighthearted debates about "Zombie Jesus," we celebrate this spring holiday while respecting its deeper significance.
Whether you're a chocolate egg enthusiast, a religious observer, or just curious about holiday traditions, this episode offers something for everyone. And remember—just because you're an adult doesn't mean you don't deserve an Easter egg! Share your own Easter traditions with us on social media and let us know if you've ever experienced any of the more unusual customs we discuss.
Introduction to Easter Episode
Speaker 1Hello and welcome to Bonus Dad. Bonus Daughter a special father-daughter podcast with me Hannah and me, davy, where we discuss our differences, similarities, share a few laughs and stories. Within our ever-changing and complex world, Each week we will discuss a topic from our own point of view and influences throughout the decades, or you could choose one by contacting us via email, Instagram, Facebook or TikTok Links in bio.
Speaker 2Hello and welcome to another episode of Bonus Dad, Bonus Daughter. We've changed rooms.
Speaker 1We have changed rooms. Why have we changed rooms, Hannah?
Speaker 2Why? Well, you asked me to change rooms. Why do we why?
Speaker 1have we changed rooms.
Speaker 2I actually can't remember the reason. You can't remember. No, I can't.
Speaker 1No, because there was a lot of echo in the other room.
Speaker 2I see, I see it's too small.
Speaker 1Yeah, when we did the three episodes last time, when I went back and I mixed it and masked it, there was loads of residual echo and it took me ages to do it. So I thought we'd give it a go in your living room, because there's a lot of soft furnishings in here which will basically kind of cut down on the echo it's a sound engineer thing, because you can't remove the echo when it's already in the room. You can't do that.
Speaker 2Okay, well, hopefully we've got more soft furnishings here.
Speaker 1But actually this is quite comfy as well.
Speaker 2Oh, I'm glad, I'm glad I quite like your sofa.
Speaker 1It's quite comfy.
Speaker 2Thank you. Thank you. How does it compare to your sofa at home?
Speaker 1It doesn't really, because ours is just lush.
Speaker 2Oh, I thought you were going to be like no, yours is really good, yours is leather, which means it's cold, it's not cold, it is cold, it's not cold.
Speaker 1It's cold. It really isn't it's cold initially, but the one thing that my sofa has is it has recliners.
Speaker 2It does have recliners, but this sofa only has two occupants and therefore we can both lay about and recline however we want.
Speaker 1Well, our sofa's only got two occupants.
Speaker 2Yeah, but yours is like two sofas, Ours is one big one, so you know we're more in love.
Speaker 1No, we sit on the same sofa.
Speaker 2Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, the magic's still there, is it?
Speaker 1The other sofa's there just for people who come round like yourself.
Speaker 2And anyway that sofa doesn't recline. I tend to sit on the reclining sofa.
Speaker 1Yeah, I know you kind of come in and just take over the reclining sofa and just you know.
Speaker 2I like to play the chronic illness card a lot in your house yeah you do? Oh, I'm ill today.
Speaker 1So what's Mitchell's excuse?
Speaker 2He's just falling apart.
Speaker 1Is he? Yeah, he's almost 30. He literally comes in, just sits down and puts a recliner on.
Speaker 2He's on it. Yeah, he is, bless him. We usually share a recliner, though, just to you know, make sure that someone else has a reclining space as well, okay, anyway, what's this episode about? Well, this is about Easter, easter because.
Speaker 1Easter.
Speaker 2What is today?
Speaker 1Well, today is Good Friday. We're recording this on Good Friday. Yes, and I did actually realise that we are recording it on Good Friday, but the episode is actually going to come out after Easter, yeah. It's going to come out on Thursday, so we kind of missed the boat on that.
Speaker 2To be fair, though, why did you miss the boat on this? Because it's your fault.
Speaker 1To be fair, it's my fault because we Recorded for three weeks. The reason being is because I haven't been in this country.
Speaker 2No, you haven't.
Speaker 1No.
Speaker 2But some of our listeners might already know that because I put it on our Instagram.
Speaker 1You did, because you did the wonderful thing of come to pick, drop us off at the airport.
Speaker 2I did, aren't I just the best?
Speaker 1And pick us up from the airport.
Orlando Trip Adventures
Speaker 2So yes, where did I go, Hannah? You went to Orlando, I went to Orlando, yes, and I'm not mad about it, but I'm not happy about it because not happy about it double negative, triple negative, I don't know, because you went to Universal Studios before Epic Universe was open. I know, yeah, who is the idiot? Is what I want to say.
Speaker 1Yeah, I know I kind of yeah, idiot, I know Is what I want to say. Yeah, I know I kind of yeah, yeah, but it was amazing, it was amazing.
Speaker 2It sounds like you had a good time Saw Mickey Mouse, did you? Did you actually see I'm the mascot of an evil corporation? Did you actually see Mickey Mouse?
Speaker 1Yeah, wow, yeah, and Minnie Mouse around as well. What?
Speaker 2were they like? Did they say hi?
Speaker 1I think they were hot. Yeah, I imagine they were?
Speaker 2Do you know?
Speaker 1what I felt really sorry for them, because I mean, orlando is not exactly a cold place. No, okay, it is very warm, and you've got these poor sods walking around with these great big costumes on.
Speaker 2I wonder if they have like little fans in them or something. I don't know. They must have something. I have to ask hillary, she'll know, she'll know.
Speaker 1She'll know yeah, so yeah, we spent two weeks in orlando so we went to every. We were up like ridiculously early every morning, straight to the parks, nice, straight on the rides, wandering around, uh, and then got home quite late, straight to bed, straight up next morning. In fact, I need a holiday to get over the holiday yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2I am absolutely knackered when, when you do rollercoaster holidays, particularly because you're walking around so much, you're standing around, you're queuing like it takes it out of you. I got Disney rash.
Speaker 1You got Disney rash. Apparently, disney rash is a thing, because my legs right, you're looking at me like this right, it's a thing, google it. Right, it's a thing, google it. So what happened was was because we were walking around so much and we were standing around in queues, all the blood vessels in the back of my legs burst. The tiny, tiny little burst is what it is, and you get it from hot, humid weather and also kind of queuing around do you mean like prickly heat are we talking about?
Speaker 2it's a little bit like prickly, it's itchy, oh really itchy it's prickly heat. Really it's like a variation.
Speaker 1I didn't know it's because I was scratching it and then, when I looked down, my leg was bleeding oh, you made yourself bleed.
Speaker 2Yeah, oh, that's quite severe yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1I take back my weird stare it is a thing, and it's actually called Disney rash because so many people get it at Disney theme parks wow water chlorine. Oh my god magic, do you know what? That's the other thing I was looking for the word magic that's the other thing as well. The water tastes like chlorine, because they actually put chlorine in the drinking water oh, I didn't even know you could drink yeah, it's.
Speaker 1yeah. We were just drinking bottled water and I mean there was one point when dad got this cup of water and he drank it and he virtually spat it out and went taste that, taste that All I could taste was chlorine. It was like drinking out of a swimming pool, bizarre. Really bizarre yeah poor Denwey, poor Denwey, yeah, he did well, do you know what right? So, dad right, my dad, denwey, had never been on a roller coaster before.
Speaker 2Really, yeah, really His first time, his first time. And do you know what the first roller coaster was? We took him on. Please say it was velocicoaster. No, it wasn't, it was mako.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, what a great first coaster so the first coaster he went on was the tallest and fastest roller coaster in the whole of orlando and you literally just had a lap bar that was it and I could see it in his face.
Speaker 1it was. It was really funny right. I know normally I tell you off for swearing, yeah, but we would. But as we were going up Do you. Well, you know, I could have to bleep you a lot, but I'm going to do a swear now Because, as we were going up, do a swear, do a swear as we were going, because I've been with Annabelle and William, because Do a swear Got you Because we were going up. What the f*** have I done? That was so funny.
Speaker 2I'm really sorry to correct you slightly, but Iron Ghazi is the tallest. But it wasn't operational when you went, Iron Ghazi wasn't so sorry, just in case there's some rollercoaster fanatics that haven't come to me and said Hannah, why didn't you correct him?
Speaker 1Okay, that's the moment.
Speaker 2By the way, can we just appreciate that you brought up roller coasters this time and not me?
Speaker 1Yeah, that's true, that's true, yeah, yeah, that is very true. Yes, we've got him, boys, we've got him. Tigress was really good.
Easter Traditions Discussion
Speaker 2I don't know if I went on that. Tigress is at.
Speaker 1Busch Gardens Might be a new one. You actually feel like you're going to make it.
Speaker 2Am I? Am I going to make it home?
Speaker 1No, no, not make it, but actually over the, because it's kind of slows down as you go up through the thing and then it's yeah, it's really bizarre, really bizarre. Anyway, we are. We don't want this really to be a two parter, so should we, should we crack on? Should we crack on with the episode Excellent, back on with the episode Excellent and skip the excellent Excellent.
Speaker 2Excellent. So Easter, Easter. Yes, it is a religious holiday. Yes, please don't go on an anti-religious rant, please.
Speaker 1I won't I promise, I promise Keep it light. I will keep it light. Keep it light. I will really keep it light. Go on then yes. Yes, so I thought I'd look at some Easter traditions and thought we would talk about them, and also also that is what you do on a podcast. I know, I know, but also I have some fact or fiction questions for you which you haven't seen.
Speaker 2Okay. And I want to see if I'm going to tell you a fact or fiction and you're going to tell me. If it's fact or fiction, are we talking about? Are you? Is this going to be some sort of anti-religious thing where you're like, oh, it's actually fiction, it's in the Bible. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
Speaker 1You've actually been quite nice. I've been quite nice. I've been quite nice. Wow, remember, I have been with Father Jack as well, for two weeks as well.
Speaker 2Father Jack. So Uncle Jack is a. Oh, I don't want to get this wrong.
Speaker 1I wanted to say pastor, and then I stopped myself. He's a vicar. He's a vicar, yes so we do have a well, I think he just, he just has all the religious for the family he does the font of religiousness, he is all of the religiousness for the family I would say I'm agnostic, though for myself yeah, I mean, I am actually. No, you're not. What am I?
Speaker 2you're so're an atheist who identifies as agnostic. No, I'm actually agnostic I'm very open-minded okay anyway, despite the fact that I grew up with you actually yes, isn't that a miracle?
Speaker 1that is a miracle. Oh, oh, dear Lord, oh God Moving on. Yeah moving on. So Easter, easter. So when you think of Easter, what's the first thing that pops into your head? Bunnies, what did you ask me to bring you around this morning? Easter eggs, easter eggs.
Speaker 2I may have dropped two links into our family chat.
Speaker 1So they were massive hints. Have dropped two links into our family, so you, they were massive hints. I want you know what hit I mean, as in hints, as in smacking us around the back of the head with a four by four.
Speaker 2Hint right, I'm just. I'm just gonna put a psa to all parents out there just because your kids are adults does not mean that they don't deserve an easter egg you got an easter egg I did, I got you. I'm not saying that I didn't get an easter egg. I'm just saying for other parents that may also be not willing to get their adult children Easter eggs.
Speaker 1Yes, I bought you an Aero Easter egg. Well, mitchell, actually got two Easter eggs.
Speaker 2He did.
Speaker 1I felt really bad because he's the favourite. Well, no, but your mum said to me she said like pick up white chocolate because Mitchell likes white chocolate. So white chocolate because mitchell likes white chocolate. So of course I picked up your easter egg and the only white chocolate easter egg there was was like this one pound buttons thing and I was like holding them together and it's like that's pitiful. I mean I can't give him that and give you that one. That's just ridiculous.
Speaker 1So I bought him two two two, one pound easter eggs the favorite.
Speaker 2No, he's bless him um so, yes, I think you're about to say, nah, he's not the favourite, but I actually realised that sounded really shitty of you. You were just like nah, he's alright.
Speaker 1He's alright, moving on. So, yes, chocolate eggs is one of the most popular traditions and it says here where children receive chocolate eggs Children. So yes, I'm actually thinking about where's my Easter egg?
Speaker 2Well, that would be Denwee's job.
Speaker 1Would it?
Speaker 2Well, yeah, because obviously Nanny Gail can't.
Speaker 1Yeah, well, yeah.
Speaker 2But yeah, that's Denwee's job. You need to have a discussion with him. Oh, okay, I don't buy you an egg. You're not my child, but I am yours.
Speaker 1Oh, okay, is symbolises life and resurrection. New life, new life and resurrection. Many brands release special Easter editions of their chocolate eggs. Do you know what? I think we should. I've just had this thought pop into my head. The name of this episode needs to be Zombie Jesus, why, why, well, resurrection, isn't it? I mean, that's what.
Speaker 2Easter kind of is, I guess. But I don't think Uncle Jack would be happy with that. No, uncle Jack's cool, uncle Jack would be fine, uncle Jack probably that would make him laugh actually yeah, uncle Jack would love that.
Speaker 1He would actually find it really funny shout out to Uncle Jack.
Speaker 2Does Uncle Jack listen to this?
Speaker 1podcast he does. We're going to get him on one episode, aren't we, to actually talk about religion? We need to buy another mic then. Yeah, we do For.
Speaker 2Uncle Jack. Yeah, we are going to get him on an episode. I'd love to.
Speaker 1Uncle Jack's great. Why am I calling him Uncle Jack? He's Jack. He's my Uncle Jack, he's your Uncle Jack, yes, so yeah, apparently there was a traditional activity about eggs, where hard, hard-boiled eggs are rolled down a hill.
Speaker 2Have you heard about this? Like the cheese rolling thing.
Speaker 1Yeah, but we're chucking eggs down a hill.
Hot Cross Buns and Religious Symbols
Speaker 2Let's see which one survives.
Speaker 1And apparently the egg that travels the furthest without breaking wins.
Speaker 2Oh well, yeah, the thing is it's hard-boiled.
Speaker 1It's not going to break, is it?
Speaker 2Oh, the shell's still delicate.
Speaker 1I mean, it should be make it more fun.
Speaker 2What if someone just drops one of them? Bouncy ball looking egg ones.
Speaker 1Oh yeah. Well, you're going to know that it's going to be bouncing all over the shop, isn't it Pinging pinging? It is going to be pinging all over the gaff, that one. Yeah, all over the gaff Nice nice, nice yeah. I also have a cold as well. I've got. Disney flu yeah your mum's not very well either.
Speaker 2Bless her no sad times. So.
Speaker 1Easter eggs is the biggest thing really.
Speaker 2Easter eggs. They come out so early in the supermarkets as well.
Speaker 1They come out on bloody Boxing Day.
Speaker 2Probably Do you know when is the best time to get Easter eggs.
Speaker 1After Easter because they go reduced down in price. Tuesday after bank holiday Monday Do you think Easter eggs are a rip-off?
Speaker 2No, oh yeah, because if you were to buy an actual bar, yeah. Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 1Oh, talking about chocolate.
Speaker 2They just taste better in egg form.
Speaker 1Oh, I got you some Hershey Kisses, didn't we? Yes, I'm slowly getting through them. Yeah, I just saw them.
Speaker 2Mitchell doesn't like them. He says they taste like feet. Really, yeah, he doesn't like them. He likes the cookies and cream, but he doesn't like the.
Speaker 1I love a Hershey bar.
Speaker 2Yeah, but he doesn't like the original flavour. He likes the cookie and cream flavour.
Speaker 1Your mum thinks they taste a little bit like fake chocolate.
Speaker 2I think that's what he means by feet.
Speaker 1Yeah, I quite like it. So another Easter tradition is the hot cross bun. Can't stand them, really, ugh. Do you not like toasted hot cross buns? No, why Sweet bread, but you toast them and then you put some butter on. Yeah, really, ugh. Do you not like toasted hot cross buns? No, why Sweet bread, but you toast them and then you put some butter on. Yeah, no, not a fan, no.
Speaker 2Really? Mitchell every year stocks up on cheesy hot cross buns from M&S. He gets like a bunch and puts them in our freezer.
Speaker 1Cheesy hot cross buns.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Never heard of that. Well, you need to get on it, okay, because apparently it's the best thing since sliced bread. I wouldn't know, because I don't eat cheese, but Well, they are a spice. I mean, they've got spices in them. They're a spiced, sweet bun made with currants and raisins.
Speaker 2See, that's where they went wrong the currants and the fucking raisins. Don't you like raisins? Satan's turds.
Speaker 1Satan's turds. Satan's turds, brilliant Never heard of that before or dead flies. Yeah, I suppose they do look a little bit like dead flies and can we just segue?
Speaker 2Yeah, garibaldi biscuits.
Speaker 1Get out, See Garibaldi biscuits are.
Speaker 2They're deceiving because you think they're chocolate chip cookies and they're not.
Speaker 1No, they're not. They are an acquired taste of Garibaldi. Yeah, and they go stale very quickly, and they're already stale to begin with. They're a funny breed. They're a funny biscuit.
Speaker 2They're rank. Anyway, carry on.
Speaker 1So hot cross buns are traditionally eaten on Good Friday, as the cross symbolizes the crucifixion of Jesus.
Speaker 2And we started Good Friday today off with a Mackey's. We did indeed. That was our hot cross bun.
Speaker 1We did indeed. That was our hot cross bun. We did indeed. So, yeah, so the beginning of the zombie Jesus process is marked by the hot cross bun.
Speaker 2I see.
Speaker 1Zombie Jesus.
Speaker 2Didn't it start at pancake day? Isn't that when Lent begins?
Speaker 1Yeah, lent begins, yeah.
Speaker 2So you can retract that last name.
Speaker 1Oh, do you know what?
Speaker 2Honestly, what did you give up for Lent?
Speaker 1I didn't give anything up, but Jack obviously did, uncle Jack. Uncle Jack did Bless his heart While we were in America. Of course, everything's sweet, isn't it?
Speaker 2Oh yeah.
Speaker 1America has sweet bread too, and we kept forgetting. So of course we were like Having ice cream yeah, we were.
Speaker 2And rubbing it in his face.
Speaker 1We weren't rubbing it in his face, but cruel we did. We did keep forgetting and we did keep offering him sweet things and immediately you could sort of see his little face. He's just like no, we're like, oh sorry, jack he's done so well, he did really really well. He really did well. So, yes, the buns are also enjoyed with butter, as I've. As I've said. So you don't like them toasted with a little bit of butter on? No, I do quite like a hot cross bun, I must admit. I must admit.
Speaker 2Have you had any this year? Not yet Get on it Not yet.
Speaker 1Leave this house after podcast recording or you can, if you like Leave the house after this podcast recording.
Speaker 2Go down to.
Speaker 1M&.
Speaker 2Not just any hot cross bun.
Speaker 1Jesus Christ, I'm not that rich.
Speaker 2Oh, it's not even that expensive, is it not? It's not.
Speaker 1Lidl's.
Speaker 2Okay, it's a little bit more expensive than Lidl's Lidl's.
Speaker 1Bakery, though, is awesome. You must admit, lidl's Bakery is awesome. Okay, go down to.
Speaker 2M&S, get yourself some cheesy hot cross buns. Okay.
Speaker 1Unfortunately, I'm saying this I can't tell any of our listeners, which is good, because that means we get them all. Yes, something that I would never do is. The next one is the Easter Sunday church service. Have you been to church on Easter?
Speaker 2Sunday. I don't know if I have to be honest. There may have been a time when I was younger, when I went to C of E school.
Speaker 1It's quite possible that there was some sort of Easter thing you would have done school, churchy things when you were at Easter?
Speaker 2yeah, I would have done school churchy things because I used to sing, didn't I in the little churchy choir thing?
Speaker 1yeah, I was in. Did you know? I was in the choir at school, so I did actually have to go to church right, the reason I've just gone like this is because I haven't actually told you something oh god I have.
Speaker 2I've signed up for a taster session for the rock choir in norwich really yeah amazing yeah, I'm really excited, but I'm also really nervous. Oh no, you'll be fine, it's going to be with people that actually sing. You can sing, yeah, but I I don't think I'm choir sing ready oh god, you do, you'll be fine.
Speaker 1So yeah, um, do you know where? What you you'll? You'll be an alto, surely I?
Speaker 2I would have thought, so I'm quite low might even be tenor no, I'm not quite that low, I don't know. You're borderline, I'm borderline, I'm borderline man, you definitely yeah, I mean you're either.
Speaker 1You're either the lower end of the alto or the top end of the tenor.
Speaker 2Yeah, yeah, I have been been mistaken for a different ethnicity before as well, whilst I'm singing, so that also that's awesome, though, that's really cool.
Speaker 1It's cool, isn't it? Yeah, that is really cool, I'm excited, I'm excited.
Speaker 2But also very nervous because I'm worried that they're going to be like super duper good singers and there's just little old me like.
Speaker 1Nah, you'll be fine, you will be fine, but yeah, the set list looks pretty cool.
Speaker 2I'll talk to you about it more later.
Speaker 1Oh, awesome.
Speaker 2Anyway, sorry.
Speaker 1Actually, what was that? Sorry, I know we were talking about churchy stuff. You left me a weird voice note yesterday.
Speaker 2Oh my goodness, oh my.
Lesser Known Easter Traditions
Speaker 1God, this is a massive segue. Nothing to do with Easter, but it's so funny.
Speaker 2So at the moment I am revamping. The upstairs bedroom is now my office. We have got rid of the bed in there put a day bed in there, it's now an office day bed. Ah, fighter of the night bed, um, anyway, um, yeah, so I, I moved. We've got google hubs all over the house and we moved the google hub from this study to my, my bedroom, upstairs yeah and I was asking it to play my like songs on spotify. The first song on my like songs on spotify is where is my mind by?
Speaker 2all the pixies, yeah, nice, and I don't know if you're familiar with the intro to that song, but it does a little thing and then it goes stop, and then it, and then it goes into the yeah and then it goes yeah. So it thought so. When I said that it was turning itself off because it was saying stop and it was obviously reverberating off the wall, thinking that I was telling it to stop, so I thought it was broken yeah and mitchell comes up, says and he was like, well, I'll try it.
Speaker 2And when he activates it with his voice, it's his spotify playlist that comes on and not mine, right? Because? Okay we've got different, different voices and it knows who's who, and I was like, oh, it's broken, it's broken. So I just used it as a Bluetooth speaker and just went throughout the rest of my day and when we got home we realised that it was turning itself off Because it was saying stop in that song and I was losing my mind. So where is my?
Speaker 1mind. Where is your mind, yeah?
Speaker 2I was honestly. I just thought it was broken. And then Mitchell was like it's turning itself off.
Speaker 1Do you know what I love about that story? The fact that you have pixies on your playlist. Oh yeah, I do I know I love that. I just absolutely love that. I'm so proud.
Speaker 2I heard it on. It wasn't on there, although I do like the song and I heard it on. We've been watching mr robot. I don't know if you've ever seen that, yeah, yeah, yeah with rami malek.
Speaker 1Yes, right, yeah yeah, we're.
Speaker 2We're currently watching it at the moment, um, it's really really good. I've never seen it before.
Speaker 1But michelle has only ever watched, I think, the first couple of episodes.
Speaker 2I really need to need to get into it anyway um, and it's all about him kind of losing his mind a little bit and they played a like piano version of when Is my Mind oh, it's beautiful. And I was like oh, mitchell, I was like you probably won't get this, but the song they're playing is really poignant, because it's when Is my Mind? And then I was like oh, I must add that to my playlist, and that's how it got.
Speaker 1I can't remember there was a program and I can't remember which program it was, but the female lead character in it was was like quite gothy and quite emo and she went to an open mic night and she played that song acoustically.
Speaker 2Not Orphan Black, was it?
Speaker 1No, it wasn't Orphan Black and it was. That was probably. It was one of those versions because it was really slowed down and it really changed. Well, no, it really emphasised the meaning of the song and I was watching that and I was just absolutely mesmerised by that version. But it's such a great song.
Speaker 2Nice, an amazing song.
Speaker 1It's also in Fight Club as well.
Speaker 2I've never seen Fight Club, have you not? We don't talk about Fight Club.
Speaker 1We don't talk about Fight Club though. No, um, so back to church, back to Easter, back back to yeah, no, you, actually. You really worried me with that voice message because you never send me voice notes and like I was going going in, coming back from Morrison's and I wouldn't play and I'm like what's wrong with Hannah? So I rang you, didn't I? And then you were just laughing at me on the phone.
Speaker 2I tried to re-record it happening, but it must have fixed itself or realized that it was a song, because when I tried to do it the next day it didn't happen, it didn't turn itself off. Right, it was really annoying and I tried to record it for you, but I couldn't, so I ended up sending you a voice message Other traditions.
Speaker 1So yes, the Easter Sunday church service. So many people attend church services on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. Attend church services on Easter Sunday to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ. This service often includes singing hymns, prayers and sometimes a special Easter sermon.
Speaker 2Lovely. Zombie Jesus God don't go into a church and say zombie, jesus, please.
Speaker 1No, I won't. Then, of course, we have the Easter egg hunts. Yeah, I said hunts, I see. Yeah, they are popular in gardens, parks and homes. Children search for hidden chocolate eggs or small toys that have been carefully placed by parents or the Easter bunny.
Speaker 2I am annoyed. That again says children.
Speaker 1I want an Easter egg hunt. We normally we did like Easter egg hunt in our cul-de-sac. Well for the kids in there. Yeah for the kids, yeah for the kids.
Speaker 2Why don't you do adult ones with like little bottles of like rum but inside like plastic eggs?
Speaker 1Oh my God, that would be amazing, wouldn't it? Yeah yeah, easter rum hunt, easter rum hunt, easter rum hunt. I'll be all over that. I'd be all over that.
Speaker 2I'm going to copyright it now.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 2Because it's definitely never been done before.
Speaker 1Easter Monday, of course, is a public holiday in the UK, with many people enjoying a long weekend.
Speaker 2Yes, yeah, we're actually on the long weekend now, so Friday off, saturday, sunday, monday off, four days baby.
Speaker 1And I'm quite lucky in the fact that I do work in the public sector, so I get like the Thursday and the Tuesday off as well. We have what's called customary days, as well as the bank holidays, which is an extra day on the side. So I've just had two weeks off work to go to Florida. I came back for a day and a half and then I'm off virtually for another week.
Speaker 2It's a rum old, do that is.
Speaker 1That's not a rum, old do, that's just my life.
Speaker 2Lovely.
Speaker 1But I haven't had a holiday for years.
Speaker 2You went to Jersey last year oh yeah, I did, didn't I? Haven't had a holiday in years. New Jersey, get out.
Speaker 1New Jersey get out. New Jersey.
Speaker 2Oh, we're talking about New Jersey and you're going there again this year. Yeah, we are going there.
Speaker 1Oh, I never go on holiday, yeah we're going there in a couple of months talking about New Jersey. Dogma's out soon.
Speaker 2Oh is it.
Speaker 1Yeah, it is. Did you see that video I sent you of it kind of works, because Dogma is a film about Catholicism. Okay, yeah, so it's kind of segues quite well.
Speaker 2Right, okay.
Speaker 1Kind of to do with Easter. Sort of, do you?
Speaker 2want to carry on.
Speaker 1Yeah, no, I've kind of lost my train train of thought now.
Speaker 2You're talking about Dogma?
Speaker 1Oh yeah because Kevin Smith lost the rights to it, so the film couldn't be released again. But he's just got them back, so it's actually coming out this year again.
Speaker 2Well, they're re-releasing the original film. Re-releasing the original film. Why are they doing that? Why, because it's not available anywhere at the moment.
Speaker 1Oh, I see, and him having the right. Yeah, it's very, but Kevin Smith's now got the rights back for it.
Speaker 2Lovely.
Speaker 1So he's going to re-release it.
Speaker 2Nice.
Speaker 1Nice. Have you ever heard of Simnel Cake?
Speaker 2I have not Tell me all about Simnel Cake, although I've just seen Marzipan, and that's probably why I love Simnel Cake.
Speaker 1I like this. I like this. What's written here? It says here with fruit, marzipan and icing. So it's a little bit kind of in the same vein as the old hot cross buns, yeah, and Christmas cake. It has 11 marzipan balls on top to represent the 11 apostles and then in brackets, excluding Judas, excluding, exclude, because no one likes Judas, iscariot, judas, judas, yeah, to represent the 11 apostles excluding Judas. It is often enjoyed during the Easter season, particularly around Easter Sunday.
Speaker 2I've never heard of siminal cake no never heard of it I imagine it's a it's more the religious side of things yeah, the apostles yeah. I've never made a siminal cake to be fair.
Speaker 1I mean, as you know, I was well. One of the reasons why I am so anti-religion, as you know, is because of my upbringing being quite Catholic, and I'd never heard a siminal cake growing up.
Speaker 2Maybe it's a C of E thing, not a. Catholicism.
Speaker 1Might be, yeah, might be, protestant, protestant. So have you heard of Easter lilies? No, no, it says here. Many people decorate their homes or church altars with Easter lilies, as they symbolise.
Speaker 2I thought lilies were death, yeah.
Speaker 1symbolise purity, renewal and resurrection. Again zombying. They're commonly seen in religious settings and sometimes in homes as a sign of spring.
Speaker 2I thought lilies meant like death.
Speaker 1I thought lilies meant death.
Speaker 2Maybe I've got the wrong end of the stick. Maybe it's resurrection.
Easter Fact or Fiction Game
Speaker 1Maybe, maybe.
Speaker 2The death of something, but the beginning of something else.
Speaker 1Yeah, possibly.
Speaker 2Poetic.
Speaker 1Possibly. Then of course I like the 10th one on here. Ninth one sorry, the lamb roast.
Speaker 2I thought you right. Do you know what I'm gonna say?
Speaker 1something controversial, now go on lamb is my least favorite meat really, it used to be your favorite I don't know if it used to be my favorite.
Speaker 2I don't think that's true but, I I'm really struggling with with lamb really yeah is it because it is a lamb and it's a baby sheep? I think. So there's a part of me that's a little feels a little bit uncomfortable about that, which is weird because, I'll eat a chicken, fine.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2But they're quite cute, lambs.
Speaker 1Mm-hmm.
Speaker 2I wouldn't say oh, look at that cute baby cow or cute baby pig.
Speaker 1Beef.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, I know beef is cow, is it yeah?
Speaker 1I mean, it's strange, isn't it?
Speaker 2Because beef is cow, pork is pig, but lamb is literal. Yeah, I mean, it's not even like the, it even specifies the age of.
Speaker 1Yeah, that I'm not sure I feel comfortable with that spring lambs. Yeah, it is a bit.
Speaker 2Yeah. Yeah, I don't know how I feel about lamb. I don't mind the taste, but I don't like mint sauce.
Speaker 1So I don't like mint sauce. I like mint, I like sauce, but I don't like the two together. Okay, yeah, I don't like mint sauce.
Speaker 2I like mint, I like sauce, but I don't like the two together. Okay, yeah, I don't know that might not be for me anymore. Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, I think now, when I was Googling this, I think the next ones were kind of really trying to scrape the barrel.
Speaker 2Right.
Speaker 1Because have you ever heard of an Easter bonfire?
Speaker 2Can't say I have.
Speaker 1No, but it says here. Here, in some parts of the UK, especially in rural areas, easter bonfires are lit to symbolise the arrival of spring and to ward off evil spirits never seen an Easter bonfire nope, never seen an Easter bonfire it seems too springy for a bonfire. If any of our listeners live in any rural areas, such as we do, and you're having an Easter bonfire this weekend, please let us know how it went.
Speaker 2Well, they'll have to let us know on Thursday next week.
Speaker 1Please let us know next week how it went.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1I'm finding it really difficult to look at the camera.
Speaker 2I know you are because you're not trained to look at a camera.
Speaker 1I I know you are because you're not trained to look at a camera.
Speaker 2I know I'm not, it's really bizarre. That is the feedback we've been getting, though we need to look at the camera a bit more.
Speaker 1Yeah, but the funny thing is it's like I'm trained to ignore cameras.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1And it's really I find it.
Speaker 2I don't think it's glaringly obvious that it's there either.
Speaker 1No, it's not glaringly obvious that it's there.
Speaker 2This is just another participant to the podcast.
Speaker 1It is.
Speaker 2It's like the third you should put a head on it and hair like a mop. Yes, yes, then we'd actually speak to it like it was a human.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2Hello, Hello listeners and watchers.
Speaker 1But I'm not very good at the fourth wall break.
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 1No, I'm not. So yeah, easter bonfires Never heard of that. Easter plays now I have heard of an Easter play.
Speaker 2That's a thing I definitely remember being in a play at school or something like that Jesus coming out of a cave situation. He has risen. Look, I'm still alive. Easter had the best hymns. You know one. The one you're looking for is Jesus crucified. Won't find him in a grave, because he is alive. Zombie Jesus. See, something very special has been happening. It's a well-done one.
Speaker 1Do you know what I pop into my head when you think about Easter hymns and Easter songs? I've just got this image of Eric Heidel on a cross, going always look on the bright side of life.
Speaker 2I also. When is Harvest Festival? That's like. That's the other end of the like.
Speaker 1That's like, um, that's in autumn, autumn, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 2Harvest Festival song is so good. Yeah, it's a harvest festival where we bring up fruit and vegetables. They're so good. I think hymns are very well written. Come on musically, think about it. Think about it musically.
Speaker 1I mean, they're catchy.
Speaker 2Yeah, I mean they're catchy. And then you've got people like Creed when you take me higher and it's like you know.
Speaker 1Yeah, yeah, christian kind of rock.
Speaker 2Christian rock is.
Speaker 1There's another group called Live. That's very kind of Christian rock.
Speaker 2They sound Christian rock just by the name but Creed, you'd be like, oh, they're just a rock band.
Speaker 1No, they're not. No, Isn't the Killers, aren't they quite?
Speaker 2religious as well. The Killers, or Kaiser Chiefs, are Mormons, aren't they?
Speaker 1Kaiser Chiefs are Mormons, yeah.
Speaker 2I don't know if the Killers are Christian rock bands.
Speaker 1I think they're quite religious.
Speaker 2Are we human?
Speaker 1Are we dancers, anyway? Yeah, anyway. Easter tree Whilst not as common as Christmas trees, some families in the UK decorate an Easter tree with Easter-themed ornaments, like little eggs, bunnies and birds.
Speaker 2I think I have seen something like this, like a structure of some sort, not like a tree, as in like a fir tree, but just maybe like a white little spindly thing, and then they just hang little bits of it. Yeah, okay.
Speaker 1Yeah.
Speaker 2I feel like I have seen that.
Speaker 1Yeah, and then Easter Monday fairs. Many towns and villages in the UK host Easter Monday fairs.
Speaker 2These can include funfair games, funfair rides sorry games, food stalls and entertainment.
Speaker 1I can't say I've ever been to an Easter fair no can't say I've been to an Easter fair and then Maundy Monday.
Speaker 2Maundy Monday Maundy Monday. I've heard of this.
Speaker 1Is a unique British tradition where on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter, the monarch gives out specially minted coins to elderly people in a royal ceremony yeah, this, this rings a bell.
Speaker 2I've not. Is that? Yeah, that would have happened yesterday.
Speaker 1Yeah, presumably it's a thursday before easter I was playing hogwarts legacy yesterday, so what?
Speaker 2was I doing yesterday? Building a freaking day oh, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 1Day bed, ah, fighter of the night bed ah for those of you who don't know what that is, you need to to watch. It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia.
Speaker 2Just I think there might be need to be a trigger warning with Always Sunny in Philadelphia. It was filmed at a time where a lot of things were acceptable that aren't acceptable today.
Speaker 1There are also still there are some episodes of it's Always Sunny where they cannot actually be broadcast.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1There are, I think, three episodes where they cannot be broadcast, but yeah, there are I think, three episodes where they cannot be broadcast, but it is. It is funny though. Yes, there is, yes, there is definitely a trigger warning with it's Always Sunny. You're going to do a fact or fiction with it. So, Hannah, we're going to play a little game now. Are you ready for this?
Speaker 2Aye, aye Captain.
Speaker 1So question. So these are I'm going to read a statement and you're going to tell me if it's an Easter fact or an Easter fiction.
Speaker 2I'm ready.
Speaker 1Are you ready? Yeah, the Easter bunny was originally a chicken.
Speaker 2It would make a bit more sense egg wise, wouldn't it? I'm going to go with it was a chicken.
Speaker 1It wasn't a chicken Fiction.
Speaker 2It's always been a bunny.
Speaker 1Yes, the Easter bunny has always been a bunny, but in some cultures like Switzerland, because the Swiss, a cuckoo, delivers eggs instead. So I was right. So, no, it always has been a bunny. I think it's because the Swiss are all about the chocolate.
Speaker 2They are all about the chocolate. They are all about the chocolate, and I would say they're more logical because a bunny does not produce eggs.
Speaker 1Just putting it out there, that's one wrong.
Speaker 2How many questions are there?
Speaker 1There's 15.
Speaker 215?.
Speaker 1One five, not 50.
Speaker 2Oh my goodness.
Speaker 1The date of Easter changes every year. Fact or fiction? Yes, a fact it is Easter is a movable yes. Fact or fiction. A fact it is. Easter is a movable feast. It's celebrated on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the spring equinox. Okay, I'll let everyone else work that out, because I'm which suggests to me, it's got nothing to do with the thing of Christ at all. It's more to do with a pagan festival. But no, let's move on.
Speaker 2Stop.
Speaker 1Did you know? Oh sorry, no, so that is a fact. That is a fact.
Speaker 2So next question I got that one right yeah, you got that one point to me how are we doing a tally?
Speaker 1we? Need to do my point you do your points okay. Question three hot cross buns were once banned in England, fact or fiction. Why would they be banned, hmm?
Speaker 2Is this some sort of King Henry VIII situation where he was like oh, let's do divorce, let's do divorce, let's do divorce?
Speaker 1And bin off the hot cross buns as well. No.
Speaker 2I'm just wondering if there's someone, is there a religion that doesn't support the resurrection of Christ? I'm going to go with fact Correct why?
Speaker 1In the 16th century, queen Elizabeth, I banned them.
Speaker 2A royalty banned them why.
Speaker 1For the entirety of the year, other than Good Friday, christmas and funerals, because of their religious symbolism. So they weren't actually like totally banned, but they were only allowed to be made on certain times.
Speaker 2Elizabeth, I would you say Lizzie I.
Speaker 1So, not our, not our Lizzie, not our Lizzie, not our Lizzie.
Speaker 2Not our Lizzie.
Speaker 1I got two right Four. Four Easter is the most chocolate-consuming holiday in the UK.
Speaker 2Oh, christmas has got to be high up there though as well, but Easter is chocolate chocolate. Fact or fiction, I'm going to go with fact only because I feel like there is more chocolate at Easter than there is Christmas. Was it Christmas Fiction?
Speaker 1Christmas takes the crown. Gutting Yep, yep.
Speaker 2Gutted.
Speaker 1Yep. Next question Two the largest Easter egg ever made was over 30 feet tall.
Speaker 2I mean, I have no reference of that. That's like taller than this house.
Speaker 1Oh, do you know what? What? So you know, your mum is five foot.
Speaker 2I am aware.
Speaker 1So when we were looking at how tall the roller coasters were in Orlando for my niece and nephew to see whether or not they could go on them, we were measuring them in how many Auntie Sharon's they were. So if a roller coaster was like 50 foot high, it was 10 Auntie Sharon's.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, sneezy maths.
Speaker 1Yeah, it was. So it was like how many I thought you meant the height restriction, I was like no, no, no, no. How many Auntie Sharon's is that? Auntie Sharon's shoulder height? Yeah, how many Auntie Sharon's is that?
Speaker 2That's cute. Sorry, what was the question? So the largest Easter egg was over 30 foot tall.
Speaker 1Fact In Italy in 2011, a giant Easter egg measured over 34 foot tall I have many questions and weighed over 7K.
Speaker 2Was it hollow? 7,000 kilograms Was it hollow, hollow, it'd have to be hollow.
Speaker 1It would have to be hollow.
Speaker 2Structurally it'd have to be hollow right, yeah, yeah, yeah. There's little holes in it so the wind could get through. Well, this house is. So you've got, like you've got 10 foot floor. Basically, this house is 30.
Speaker 1That egg would be this no, the house isn't 30 feet. No, no More than that, oh, okay. You've got three levels, Hannah.
Speaker 2Oh yeah, oh yeah. Of course I'm a three-story, aren't I?
Speaker 1Yeah. Your house then Well, I'm on three.
Speaker 2Okay, the word Easter comes from the name of a spring goddess. I do know a few goddesses, but I don't know of anyone that's close to Easter. Can you give me a hint of what goddess?
Speaker 1no well it won't be a goddess that you studied so it wouldn't be a Greek or Roman, because I know those ones no.
Speaker 2Persephone being the Greek one. Yeah, oh yes.
Speaker 1Okay, it is a fact. Woohoo Easter is believed to come from Eostre, who is an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and fertility.
Speaker 2Eostre, yeah, is it Essos, yeah, essos, yeah, yeah, I should have thought about that Peeps the marshmallow candy Eros as well?
Speaker 1Tell these questions. Are American Candy Peeps? The marshmallow candy were invented in the UK.
Speaker 2I don't know what that is Fiction.
Speaker 1It is fiction. It is fiction. They were created in Pennsylvania by the Just Born Candy Company. Oh, so that's one for our American viewers and listeners. Let's see if you were listening earlier. Oh, shut up, okay. Simnel cake is topped with 12 marzipan balls to represent the 12 disciples.
Speaker 2No, because of Judas, judas, judas, judas is great. Do I get that?
Speaker 1point? You get that point. You get that point, judas. In medieval times, people had to confess Before they were allowed To eat eggs at Easter.
Speaker 2In medieval times.
Speaker 1In medieval times.
Speaker 2Probably I'll go with fact.
Speaker 1That is fact. During Lent, eggs were forbidden. Confession and absolution Before Easter Allowed people to enjoy them again, hence the celebratory egg eating. What if?
Speaker 2you didn't Actually do anything wrong. Yeah, oh, I'm just going to confess to. Oh. No, I accidentally left the toilet seat up. I know.
Speaker 1Well, they probably didn't have toilet seats many, many times. But you know, Say 10 Hail Marys for our fathers and you are absolved 10 Hail Marys for a toilet seat up.
Speaker 2Yeah, that's extortionate. No, no.
Speaker 1That's not even so. In the UK it is illegal To sell chocolate eggs Before Palm Sunday. What a stupid question.
Speaker 2No.
Speaker 1No, of course it isn't, because they get put out On the shelves On by Boxing Day.
Speaker 2I'm doing well by default here.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 2Seven, let's go.
Speaker 1Easter Island.
Speaker 2Yeah.
Speaker 1Yeah, was named Because it was discovered On Easter Sunday fact or fiction.
Speaker 2I call bullshit. I reckon that's fiction, you reckon yeah it's fact.
Speaker 1Oh, a dutch explorer called jacob and I'm not even going to try to pronounce his last name, uh discovered the island on easter sunday in 1722, so he called it eas Easter Island.
Speaker 2Lovely, what a chap yeah.
Speaker 1Jacob, jacob, jacob. Question 12. The tradition of egg decorating began in Victorian England.
Speaker 2That right. I think that is something the Victorians would do.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 2Because they were all about trying to show their wealth. And they often brought in things like pineapples to symbolise wealth.
Speaker 1Okay.
Speaker 2And I'm sort of going somewhere with this and Faberge eggs. I think I'm a bit of a thing around then. Okay. I'm going to go with fact Fiction.
Speaker 1Ah, which time. Egg decorating dates back to ancient civilisation like the Persians and early. Christians in Mesopotamia.
Speaker 2Oh, I'm sorry, Victorian era. I've really painted you in a bad light. There there's no one alive now?
Speaker 1from then, who's actually going to be offended?
Speaker 2True, you're fine, you know, just in case they're listening Up in the clouds, up in the clouds.
Speaker 1The White House holds an annual Easter egg roll.
Speaker 2Oh, probably they do that sounds like an American thing.
Speaker 1Yeah, that's fact, that's fact.
Speaker 2They See, I feel like Americans know how to holiday. They know how to holiday.
Speaker 1Yeah, again, let's see how much you were listening earlier on. Oh no, lamb is the traditional Easter meal in the UK Because it's symbolic of Jesus.
Speaker 2Because it's symbolic of Jesus.
Speaker 1Yes.
Speaker 2I just thought it was because of the time of year, oh fact.
Speaker 1It is fact. Lamb symbolises Jesus as the Lamb of God and also ties into Passover traditions.
Speaker 2Oh, lamb of God, yes, lamb of God, yes.
Speaker 1Lamb of God.
Speaker 2The wolf flies with the lamb. I don't know. Yeah, oh yeah.
Wrapping Up the Episode
Speaker 1And last question how many have you got right so far? I've nine, nine right. Nine, nine, nine. This is the best question okay the UK that's us once had an Easter parade where people raced whilst wearing bunny suits sounds like something we'd do fact no, no, no, but it needs to be a thing, yeah.
Speaker 2I'd dress up as a bunny and race.
Speaker 1I'd get behind Easter if we did that, dressed up as bun bunny and race, I'd get behind Easter. If we did that dressed up as bunnies and had a race down the stream.
Speaker 2That would be hilarious. 9 out of 15 that's pretty good.
Speaker 1That concludes the.
Speaker 2Easter episode. Thank you everybody for watching us. We've got listeners too. Thank you everybody for watching, watching us and listening. Yeah, I know, I know we've got listeners too. Listeners we love our listeners because they were our first. But if you're watching hello as well and we'll probably just keep changing locations around my house, so you'll probably just get a house tour whilst we're doing- this.
Speaker 1We should do one from the toilet oh no, we absolutely should.
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