A French-American woman has left the internet baffled after revealing the European country’s unique Easter traditions.
Claire Dinhut took to TikTok to give her 701,000 followers a quick lesson on how the holiday is celebrated in France.
He explained that the Easter Bunny does not exist and that chocolate treats are distributed using bells.
The content creator then shared a host of other traditions from around the world as viewers flocked to the comments to share their own thoughts.
Claire Dinhut took to TikTok to give her 701,000 followers a quick lesson on how the holiday is celebrated in France.
He explained that the Easter Bunny does not exist and instead the chocolate treats are distributed using bells.
In the clip, which has so far been viewed more than 72,000 times, Claire spoke directly to the camera as she began: ‘There is no Easter Bunny in france. Monsieur L’Easter Bunny is not a lord, he is a nobody. Instead, we have Easter bells.’
Next, the content creator delved into the story behind the country’s ‘Les Cloches de Pâques’.
‘If we go into the religious part, basically the bells are silenced on Thursday to represent the period of mourning.
“And then on Sunday they say, ‘We’re awake. We’re going to go to the Vatican now,” and then when they do, they throw little chocolate eggs for all the kids.”
Claire explained that she had been researching a newsletter about different Easter traditions around the world and added: “I’ve learned a lot.”
‘I didn’t even know there was a town in France called Bessières, which makes an omelette with 15,000 eggs.
‘Supposedly, it’s because Napoleon once stopped near that town and said, “Can I have an omelette, please?” and they said, “Okay, we’ll make you an omelette.”
“That’s why today people make tortillas for Easter, because eggs are a very popular food at Easter,” he explained.
He explained that “there is a town in France called Bessières, which makes an omelet with 15,000 eggs” (pictured).
The social media star continued: ‘In the eyes of the church, eggs supposedly represent the resurrection and new life, so they are a great symbol of Easter.
“Now, the first chocolate eggs were produced in the 19th century in France and Germany, but the first hollow chocolate eggs, those that can be filled or just those that are a little thinner, wereInvented in the UK by Fry’s.
“Then Cadbury copied them just two years later, so you know.”
She captioned her video: ‘The giant omelet, are you kidding me?’
He was soon inundated with comments with many followers who share the traditions of their own European country.
One person wrote: “Here in Belgium we also have les cloches or de paasklokken.”
Another added: ‘We don’t have the Easter Bunny in Iceland either. But when I was a kid, we had different Smurfs in our Easter eggs. Very random.’
The clip was soon flooded with comments and many followers shared the traditions of their own European country.
Someone else commented: ‘Switzerland has the Easter cuckoo (native bird that delivers Easter eggs in Switzerland).’
One person added: “In the Netherlands, it’s an Easter hare.” Also, in my region we light Easter bonfires.’
Another person wrote: ‘Spending many Easters in Provence, I had many large chocolate chickens sitting in Easter egg baskets! Plus, mini chocolate seagull eggs.
Other followers joined the conversation with their international traditions.
One person wrote: “In Australia we have chocolate bilbies, which are like little marsupials.”
A second person added: ‘Here in Ecuador we have a whole soup with 12 grains that we make and eat as a tradition at Easter!’
Another commented: ‘We have the tortilla festival in our small town of Abbeville, Louisiana. You must come visit us.’
Another person added: ‘We have a 5,000 Tortilla Festival in my hometown in Louisiana, in Bessières. Fun cajun market.
The responses inspired Claire to post a follow-up video with more “fun Easter traditions from around the world.”
In it he shared: ‘In Greece, for Greek Easter, which is not this weekend but on May 5, we play a game with red eggs in which you hit the egg of a person next to you and only one egg breaks, and the winner keeps the unbroken egg.
The responses inspired Claire to post a follow-up video with more “fun Easter traditions from around the world.”
‘I didn’t win last year and I’m very bitter about it.
‘They fly kites in Bermuda, which I think is just beautiful. I would love to be there.
‘In Jamaica, you put an egg and an egg white in a glass of water and apparently the way it’s done [forms]It will predict the way you will die.
“In South Africa, hot cross buns are filled with pickled fish, because it’s a Cape Malay tradition, so honestly, it sounds delicious and that’s what I like.”