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A few weeks back I posted on Easter in Australia. I was questioning why the nation has such a love affair with the holiday - it’s bigger than Christmas and Hannukah and Halloween in America rolled into one!

I have no more answers - but some great theorists have responded. English traditions, fertility rites, druid festivals, cold weather and more were offered.

So in lieu of answers let me offer some interesting tidbits to make you sound smart on the subject:

• Australians are the largest consumers of Easter eggs in the world;
• An average Australian eats 10 Easter eggs each season;
• Some 200 million Easter eggs are sold each season; and
• Cadbury offers 300 Easter products and adds 30 each year!

Special thanks to Helen Hawkes and her article “Made in Heaven” from Sunday Life, The Sun-Herald Magazine on 8 April 2007 (pages 18-19) for the great facts!