page_title: Easter basket
section_title: United States
hierarchical_section_title: Easter basket / Traditions / United States
caption_attribution_description: English: Marshmallow bunnies and candy eggs in an Easter basket
context_page_description: An Easter basket is a special basket used in Easter celebrations. Easter baskets are typically filled with Easter eggs, food, toys, or other gifts depending on one's culture. As many people give up sweets as their Lenten sacrifice, individuals receive them in their Easter baskets after having abstained from them during the preceding forty days of Lent.
context_section_description: In the United States, an Easter tradition involves the Easter bunny dropping off a basket of candy for good children overnight. Children leave a basket out overnight which the Easter bunny fills with candy, toys, and gifts on the night before Easter, and children wake up to find their Easter basket. Easter baskets are also used in Easter egg hunts, in which children try filling their basket with Easter eggs.
caption: Marshmallow rabbits, candy eggs and other treats in an Easter basket
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