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For most British and American people, however, Easter is about the

sweet stuff. Chocolate! In America, makers of sweets 1)……………….. (PRODUCT) some 90 million

chocolate bunnies and 16 billion jelly beans for Easter each year. Jelly beans were invented in the

seventeenth century but they only started to be eaten at Easter in the 1930s after merchants

pointed out how much they looked like eggs. Today, more sweets are sold at Easter than for any

other holiday, except for Halloween. And more than 88% of American parents prepare Easter

baskets for their children. From its 2)…………………. (POWER) religious 3)………………. (SIGNIFY) to

its popular customs, Easter ranks among our most 4) …………..(WIDE) celebrated holidays. This

spring 5)………….. (SWEET) up your celebration with a little history and some funny

Easter facts we Bet You Didn’t Know.