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E aster
from Glo - April 2018
What we know as Easter egg decorating originated from P ysank a (pih-sahn-KIH), the Ukrainian egg that is decorated with intricate designs.
D yeing real, live chicks different colors during Easter time is ac tually quite the controversy. Let ’s keep the pink and blue chicks to Peeps!
Want Good Friday off work?
Star t petitioning because it ’s only a recognized holiday in 12 out of 50 states
Ear th Day is the largest non-religious holiday in the world. It ’s celebrated by more than a billion people across the globe each year.
90 million chocolate bunnies, 16 million jelly beans and 700 million Peeps are purchased during Easter season. Sweet tooth, anyone?
The tallest chocolate Easter egg ever produced stood at a height of nearly 34 feet.
The celebration of the first Ear th Day is what prompted the Environmental Movement.
How was the first Ear th Day celebrated?
In 1970, 20 million people protested the industrial revolution.
We know April 22 as Ear th Day, but in the UN, it is referred to as “International Mother Earth Day.”
This year ’s Ear th Day theme is ‘End Plastic Pollution.’a
