A few days after Easter, Mark age 6, went to the refrigerator to get a piece of his chocolate candy. He asked his mother if she wanted a piece.
"No," his Mom said. "I'm trying to lose weight."
"Well," Mark said, "when you wanna gain weight, my Easter candy will be in the 'fridge. Eat all you want.
Jellybeans did not become an Easter tradition until the 1930s. They were probably first made in America by Boston candy maker William Schrafft, who ran advertisements urging people to send jellybeans to soldiers fighting in the Civil War
