5 things you (probably) didn’t know about Easter
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Karen Murdarasi2024-03-28T11:16:00
Why do we eat chocolate eggs at Easter? What’s with school children making bonnets? And why is it called ‘Easter’ at all? Karen Murdarasi shares some little-known facts
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