Easter Traditions

Today is the first day of the Easter Holiday in the UK - we get Good Friday and Easter Monday off. Most people use the four days of consecutive freedom as a chance to do some unnecessary DIY. But there are other Easter traditions as well.

No bank holiday is complete without at least one showing of The Great Escape. We're not quite at the level of ABC putting on 'A Christmas Story' on a loop on Christmas Eve, but we're nearly there. The advent of multi-channel TV in Britain means that somewhere on the EPG you are guaranteed to see Steve McQueen failing to escape from the Nazis.

The correct time to eat Easter eggs is a bone of contention between me and Linda. I've been brought up to believe you're not allowed to eat them until Easter Sunday. Linda has been brought up to believe you can eat them as soon as they turn up on the shelves of Asda. Honestly, did Christ die for nothing?