This is a day in total contrast to all that has gone before in Holy Week. A day of celebration of the Risen Christ. The churches are open and special mass takes place – with bells resumed! It’s a day then for family as people flock home to their lavish lunches and, as in much of Christian Europe, the giving of chocolate eggs. Malta has its special Easter cakes – Figolli – which feature all Easter but are often taken as gifts on this day.