Happy Easter

Believe it or not, Easter is here – and so is spring! Here are a few fun facts to get you in the “Easter spirit”!

Did you know?

• More than 1 billion Easter eggs are hunted in the United States each year in parks, back yards and on the White House lawn.
  
  
• Americans spend 2 billion dollars on Easter candy, and eat 7.1 billion pounds of Easter candy each year!
  
  
• Most children (74%) eat the ears of their chocolate bunny first.  13% eat the feet first, and 10% eat the tails first.
  
  
• 60 million chocolate bunnies are sold each Easter.
  
  
• The most popular Easter candy is chocolate eggs.
  
  
• The most popular Easter candy, after chocolate, is marshmallow peeps.  600 million are sold each year!
  
  
• The most favorite jellybean flavor is cherry (20%), followed by strawberry (12%), grape (10%), lime (7%), and blueberry (6%).
  
  
• 70% of kids aged 6–11 say they prefer to eat Easter jellybeans one at a time, while 23% say they eat several at once. More boys (29%) eat a handful than girls (18%).
  
  
• 118 million Easter cards will be exchanged this year.
  
  
• Easter eggs are the most popular symbol on Hallmark Easter cards.

(Source: http://www.bethanyroberts.com/Easter_Trivia.htm)