Easter

3. The act of punishing someone by nailing them onto a cross.
5. Jesus had this meal with his pupils on the night before his crucifixion.
7. A period of 40 days before Easter, during which Christians fast or give up some of their usual pleasures.
10. It’s the Saturday before Easter Day when churches are closed and quiet, which symbolises Christ’s lying in the tomb.
11. For many centuries, Christian kings and queens washed the feet of the poor on this day.

1. People in Great Britain eat them with butter on Good Friday.
2. Christians take them to church on Palm Sunday.
4. Yellow, bell-shaped flowers which grow in early spring.
6. They were Jesus Christ’s pupils, and there were 12 of them.
8. A game played by children on Easter morning in the USA, when they search for decorated eggs which they believe were hidden by the Easter Bunny.
9. Shrove Tuesday is sometimes called like this in Great Britain.