American Easter is 'deprived' without British holiday staple

A video shared on TikTok has left Brits horrified as they realize that their friends across the pond don't get to enjoy one of the best parts of Easter - but Americans are hitting back

Lent is nearly over, and Easter is just around the corner, with many people taking to social media to share their holiday traditions. One Brit has gone to TikTok to express her shock that a beloved British Easter tradition hasn't made its way across the pond, as she voiced her concern for the wellbeing of Americans without it.

"Americans, please tell me this isn't true," exclaimed a TikToker named Phoebe.

"I have just found out something about your country, and I'm genuinely concerned for your wellbeing. I cannot even believe it."

Clutching a giant chocolate egg, she couldn't hide her disbelief that "American children wake up and they have nothing - they don't have one of these."

"This is what Easter is all about. It's crazy that Americans don't get it. I'm 23 years young and I still get an Easter egg bought for me by my parents. The fact you don't have it over there - I'm so, so sorry."

In the UK, kids are spoiled with large chocolate eggs on Easter, symbolizing the end of Lent—when people traditionally give up certain indulgences pleasure.

An American TikToker echoed Phoebe's sentiments, lamenting: "I'm very sad to report...alas, it's true. We are so deprived here."

Yet some in the States were quick to point out that while we do have Easter eggs, they're simply not the same as the UK's substantial confections.

"We have Easter eggs," one U.S. native remarked, highlighting the different Easter customs across the pond.

One person commented: "Either plastic ones you fill with candy or coins, real eggs you paint, large chocolate bunnies, chocolate eggs, Easter baskets-Easter is pretty well known in the U.S."

Another person replied: "We get tiny plastic eggs with candy in them, and the adults hide them outside for the kids to find them it's called the Easter egg hunt."

A third person joined in: "Rephrase: We don't have Easter eggs the size of an emu's egg. We certainly do (for the most part) receive chocolate eggs for Easter."

AJ Jannazzo, a US user on TikTok, showed what the Easter aisle looked like in his local store: "There are no big Easter eggs," he pointed out.

"No eggs there," he said as he showed the types of plastic Easter-themed toys on sale, such as SpongeBob SquarePants and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles.

"They're eggs, but they're not chocolate - they're just filled with toys," AJ said.

"They don't count. We do get Cadbury Creme chocolate-filled eggs, but this is all we have. Packaged candy - no eggs. There ain't an egg in sight in here. We have Peeps [a marshmallow Easter treat], but they're absolutely disgusting."

A user from the UK hit back: "No choccy eggs, no meat pies, no sausage rolls, no Vegemite... how do they even make it through the day?" Another user said: "What? No big eggs with a mug that will get left in the work cafeteria for the rest of eternity?"

A perplexed TikTok user from the UK commented, "Why are none of the big companies like Hershey's jumping on that? It seems like a money loss there."