Have you ever wondered why we have Easter bunnies and eggs? Easter was celebrated by ancient Saxons as a pagan festival for the return of spring where they commemorated the goddess of offspring Eastre. When missionaries came they attempted to convert them to Christianity by combining this festival with the observance of the resurrection of Christ. Eventually the name was changed from Eastre to Easter.
Prior to AD 325 it was celebrated on different days of the week but then Emperor Constantine issued the Easter Rule where is would be the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after Vernal Equinox or basically between March 22 and April 25th.
The Bunny was the earthly symbol of the goddess Eastre, so that is why we have the Easter Bunny. The egg predates the Christian holiday. Eggs were the symbol of birth and they were exchanged and often wrapped in gold leaf, or if you were a peasant, colored by boiling them in leaves or petals of flowers – the Easter Egg!!
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