Hot Cross Bun Day 2024 is on Wednesday, September 11, 2024: is eating Hot Cross Buns on christmas day a typical British thing to do.?
Wednesday, September 11, 2024 is Hot Cross Bun Day 2024. Bun - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia List of buns[edit]
Although hot mix buns pre-date Christianity, these were in the past only eaten on Good Friday like a Christian indication of the crucifixion. However, they are broadly available and eaten all year round. Hot Cross Bun Day encourages you to definitely think about the roots from the hot mix bun, and also to have a day to savor hot mix buns.
Hot cross buns!
Hot cross buns!
One ha' penny, two ha' penny,
Hot cross buns!
If you have no daughters,
Give them to your sons
One ha' penny,
Two ha' penny,
Hot Cross Buns! haha x
What is Hot Cross Buns?
A hot cross bun is a sweet roll containing spices,raisins,yeast,lemon,dry fruit & is decorated by a cross-shaped sugar glaze coating.The cross signifies the 40 days of fasting & meditation undertaken by Jesus Christ after his baptism while in the wilderness.This period is known as "Lent".The hot cross bun is eaten,as the name suggests,piping hot on Good Friday.
whats the cross on hot cross buns all about?
Hot cross buns are typically eaten on Good Friday and during Lent
Stories abound about the origins of the Hot Cross Bun. Yet, the common thread throughout is the symbolism of the "cross" of icing which adorns the bun itself.
Some say that the origin of Hot Cross Buns dates back to the 12th century, when an Angelican monk was said to have placed the sign of the cross on the buns, to honor Good Friday, a Christian holiday also known as the Day of the Cross. Supposedly, this pastry was the only thing permitted to enter the mouths of the faithful on this holy day.
Other accounts talk of an English widow, who's son went off to sea. She vowed to bake him a bun every Good Friday. When he didn't return she continued to bake a hot
cross bun for him each year and hung it in the bakery window in good faith that he would some day return to her. The English people kept the tradition for her even after she passed away.
Others say that Hot Cross Buns have pagan roots as part of spring festivals and that the monks simply added the cross to convert people to Christians. Even if this is the case, I think it was rather bright of the monks to be able to so readily tie existing traditions to Christianity
