Appropriate age groups for this Easter celebration or activity:
Preschool and Younger
Elementary School
Middle School

Description of Easter celebration or activity:
In France it's traditional for church bells to remain silent from Good Friday until Easter as a token of mourning for the crucified Christ. Mothers tell their children that "the bells have flown away to Rome."

Early on Easter morning, French children rush into the garden to watch the bells "Fly back from Rome." As the little ones are busy scanning the sky for a glimpse of the returning bells, their parents and grandparents hide chocolate eggs.