An American-French woman has left the internet stunned after revealing the European country’s very unique Easter traditions.
Claire Dinhut used TikTok to give her 701,000 followers a quick lesson on how the holiday is celebrated in France.
She explained that the Easter Bunny does not exist and that the chocolate treats are instead distributed through bells.
The content creator then shared a slew of other traditions from around the world as viewers flocked to the comments to share their own thoughts.
Claire Dinhut used TikTok to give her 701,000 followers a quick lesson on how the holiday is celebrated in France
She explained that the Easter Bunny does not exist and that the chocolate treats are distributed through bells instead
In the clip, which has been viewed more than 72,000 times to date, Claire spoke directly into the camera at the start: ‘There is no Easter Bunion in France. Monsieur L’Easter Bunny is not a monsieur, he is nobody. Instead we have Easter bells.’
The content creator then delved into the history behind the country’s ‘Les Cloches de Pâques’.
“If we talk about the religious part of it, actually the bells, they silence themselves on Thursdays to represent the mourning period.
“And on Sunday they say, ‘We’re awake. We’re going to the Vatican now,’ and when they do that, they drop little chocolate eggs for all the kids.”
Claire explained that she had been researching for a newsletter about different Easter traditions around the world, adding: “I’ve learned so much.”
‘I didn’t even know there was a village in France called Bessières that makes an omelette with 15,000 eggs.
‘Presumably that’s because Napoleon once stopped near that village and said, ‘Can I please have an omelet?’ and they said, “Okay, we’ll make you an omelette.”
“So nowadays they make an omelette for Easter, because eggs are a very important Easter dish,” she served.
She explained how ‘there is a village in France called Bessières that makes an omelette with 15,000 eggs’ (pictured)
The social media star continued: ‘In the eyes of the church, eggs supposedly represent resurrection and new life, so they are a great Easter symbol.
‘The first chocolate eggs were actually in France and Germany in the 19th century, but the first hollow chocolate eggs – the eggs that you can fill or just the eggs that are a little thinner – were Iinvented in Great Britain by Fry’s.
“And Cadbury didn’t copy them until two years later, so now you know.”
She captioned her video: “The giant omelette – are you kidding me?”
It was quickly flooded with responses from many followers who share the traditions of their own European country.
One person wrote: ‘Here in Belgium we also have cloches or Easter bells.’
Another added: ‘We don’t have an Easter Bunny in Iceland either. But when I was little, we had different Smurfs on our Easter eggs. Very random.’
The clip was quickly flooded with comments, with many followers sharing the traditions of their own European country
Someone else commented: “Switzerland has the Easter Cuckoo (native bird that provides Easter eggs in Switzerland).”
Someone adds: ‘In the Netherlands it is an Easter bunny. We also light Easter fires in my region.’
Another person wrote: ‘While I spent many Easters in Provence, there were many large chocolate chickens sitting on Easter egg baskets! Also mini chocolate seagull eggs.’
Other followers joined the conversation with their international traditions.
One person wrote: ‘In Australia we have chocolate bilbies, which look like little marsupials.’
A second person added: ‘Here in Ecuador we have a whole soup with twelve grains that we make and traditionally eat at Easter!’
Another commented, “We have the omelet festival in our little town of Abbeville, Louisiana. You should come visit.”
Another person added: ‘We are having a 5,000 omelette festival in my hometown in Louisiana based on Bessières. Nice Cajun market there.’
The comments inspired Claire to post a follow-up video with more “fun Easter traditions from around the world.”
She shared in that: ‘In Greece, on Greek Easter, which is not this weekend but May 5, we play a red egg game where you hit the egg of someone next to you, and only one egg will crack, and the winner has the uncracked egg .
The comments 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 that.
‘Kites are flown in Bermuda, I think that’s just wonderful. I’d love to be there.
‘In Jamaica you drop an egg and an egg white into a glass of water and apparently the way it forms will predict how you will die.
‘In South Africa, hot cross buns are filled with pickled fish because it is a Cape Malay tradition, so that honestly sounds delicious and is right up my alley.’