  a hot cross bun is a spiced sweet bun made with currants or raisins and marked with a cross on the top, traditionally eaten on good friday in the united kingdom, ireland, australia, new zealand, the caribbean, south africa, india, and canada, and now available all year round in some places. hot cross buns may go on sale in australia as early as new years day, or after christmas. ==history== in many historically christian countries, buns are traditionally eaten hot or toasted during lent, beginning with the evening of shrove tuesday (the evening before ash wednesday) to midday good friday. the ancient greeks may have marked cakes with a cross. some have claimed a connection with the goddess eostre, but there is no historical evidence to support this; bede, the sole source to mention eostre, says nothing about her attributes or ceremonies. in the time of [[eli
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