At Coopers we have a very special Easter tradition: The first chocolate Easter bunny anyone sees in a shop must be bought and eaten right away!
This is a tradition we all share, however everyone in the Coopers team has different customs when it comes to celebrating Easter, according to their background. We would like to share these with you.
For many people in the Coopers team colouring eggs is an essential part of Easter. Barbara colours the Easter eggs together with her son, and Sonja puts hers in a basket, which she carries to church on Sunday. In Kitti’s home country Hungary eggs are painted with a lot of detailed decorations.
Sonja’s family is looking forward to a roast on Easter Sunday, as they have given meat up for Lent (6 weeks beforehand). Ever year Denise’s family cooks a marinated roast rabbit according to her grandmother’s recipe. Benni’s family also used to eat a rabbit, which his uncle shot himself! Marino and Sandro are letting their hosts surprise them with their Easter lunch. Nik, Barbara and Christian will be enjoying a traditional Swiss Easter brunch with home-made “Zopf” (plaited loaf), salami and ham. Rob’s family eats veal sausages at their brunch on Good Friday.
Not many of the Coopers team look for Easter eggs themselves anymore, but the Easter bunny visits Barbara and Christian’s family and puts smiles on their children’s faces. It is a tradition in Christian’s family to go for a walk in the woods together and during the walk the “Easter bunny” secretly hides a few chocolate Easter eggs and his children run around looking for them. Barbara’s son will go hunting for Easter eggs in their garden too. This year he might even find a new bike as many children in our region receive a new bike for Easter. Speaking of presents: In Kitti’s home country Hungary some parents give their children real rabbits as an Easter present.
In Italy, where Alessia’s family lives, they don’t have chocolate Easter bunnies at all, they “only” have chocolate eggs. Often, they have little toys hidden inside them for the children. For Alessia Easter is not Easter without a traditional Italian “Colomba pasquale” from her local bakery. In England Janet is already looking forward to spoiling her grandchildren with lots of chocolate eggs, which they are sure to eat in no time.
Rob remembers a Polish custom which takes place on Easter Monday whereby the men of a village go up to the women, recite a poem, and throw buckets of water over them. This is a Spring cleansing ritual. In return the women thank the men by presenting them with coloured eggs. Kitti says they have this tradition in Hungary too. Nowadays however they might spray perfume instead of water.
Whatever celebrations you have planned, we hope you enjoy the break and wish you a very Happy Easter!
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