Easter traditions

Transcript: Easter traditions

Students Donna, Lara and Ida are talking about Easter traditions. Donna begins by asking Lara how she celebrates Easter.

Donna: How do you celebrate Easter in your family, Lara?
Lara: Lunch is the main event, really. We usually have roast lamb with all the trimmingsmit allem Drum und Dranwith all the trimmings – and mint saucePfefferminzsaucemint sauce, which I can’t stand. For dessert, we have simnel cakemit Marzipan überzogener Früchtekuchensimnel cake or lemon tart, but I usually eat lemon tart because, well, marzipan is a taste I haven’t acquire a tastesich mit einem Geschmack anfreundenacquired yet.
Donna: I’ve never tried simnel cake – but I don’t like marzipan, either. Don’t you have an Easter egg huntOstereiersuchenEaster egg hunt?
Lara: Oh, yes! That’s after lunch. Mum hides the eggs all over the house, but then she always forgets where she’s put them. We find them in the weirdest places – after Easter! She also gets us a massive chocolate Easter egg each. They’re too big to hide. Or lose.
Donna: That’s funny.

Now, Lara wants to know about Easter traditions in Ida’s family.

Lara: How does your family celebrate Easter in Germany, Ida?
Ida: Easter in our house is kind of a big dealgroße Sache, großes Ereignisbig deal. We start with our traditional Easter breakfast. We have fresh, homemade Easter bread, Easter ham and dye sth.etw. färbendyed, hard-boiled eggs. After breakfast, we have the Easter egg hunt. Really, we’re too old for it, but my parents insist on sth.auf etw. besteheninsist on hiding chocolate eggs all over the garden.
Lara: That sounds fun!
Ida: Yeah, and then we drive to my grandparents’ house for lunch. My grandma makes roast lamb. In the afternoon, we have Easter lamb cake with coffee – and more Easter eggs, of course.

Finally, Donna tells Ida about Easter in her family’s home.

Ida: What about you, Donna?
Donna: Easter at my house is a mash-upMischmaschmash-up of Greek and Italian traditions, with some Canadian flair thrown in for good measurenoch dazufor good measure. Lunch is massive, and basically a battle between Greek and Italian cultures. We’ve got lamb roasting on a spitSpießspit – but also lasagne or gnocchi, so no one leaves hungry. There’s Greek salad and roasted veggies, and then baklavain Sirup getränktes Gebäck mit Nüssenbaklava and tiramisu for dessert. Later, there’s the egg-crackingEierpeckenegg-cracking showdown. We all tapetw. schlagentap our red-dyed eggs together. Whoever cracks both ends of their opponent’s egg will have good luck for the whole year. My cousin always cheatschummelncheats. It’s loud, messy and amazing. My family is extrasehr speziellextra!
Ida: I think your Easter win hands downmit Leichtigkeit gewinnen, Sieger seinwins hands down.