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The Easter Bunny and Easter eggs were adopted by early Christianity from paganism. Although Easter is a religious holiday on which Christians commemorate the resurrection of Jesus Christ, it also is associated with the Easter Bunny as a result of the combination of pagan and Christian traditions. Pagans historically had springtime festivals celebrating fertility after winter. The rabbit and the egg were traditionally featured as symbols of fertility during the festivals. The first recorded instance of the Easter Bunny and Easter eggs was in Germany during the 1400s. The association of a bunny that delivers decorated eggs and candy expanded to the United States by the 1800s after Germans immigrated to the US.
Posted on: Tue, 08 Oct 2013 09:27:51 +0000

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