Easter traditions demystified

by Shayna Glick, Posted Mar 23rd 2008 @ 10:52AM

A basket of brightly colored Easter eggs.

I can't believe it's Easter already. Time is just flying. Did you get the eggs decorated and hidden? Did the Easter Bunny leave a basket for all the kids? I remember as a kid that my favorite part of the holiday was the Easter egg hunt in the back yard. My dad would hide them all several times so we could have multiple hunts, and boy did he ever find some creative hiding places!

We have all of these traditions for Easter, but do you know where they came from? I surely could not answer that question until recently. I came across this really neat web page that explains the origins of several Easter traditions, such as where the Easter Bunny came from and why we decorate eggs. If you're interested in finding out the why's and wherefores of our Easter activities, you should check this out!

Filed Under: Ingredients, Holidays
Tags: Easter, easter bunny, easter eggs, EasterBunny, EasterEggs, eggs, traditions

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3-23-2008 @12:53PM Alex said... Time isn't flying at all. This year is the earliest Easter since 1913. And I believe you have about 150 years before you need to worry about another Easter so early.
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3-23-2008 @2:51PM Stormwater said... Yep, there's snow on the ground in Chicago for this easter. Can't really think about spring too much when it seems so far away.

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3-24-2008 @11:05AM beanspants said... i would have figured that the hiding of eggs came from the seder tradtion of hiding some bread, and there is some step in the traditonal seder meal that involves an egg.

then they were sort of jammed together because eggs stay cleaner and more edible in the hiding process than bread.

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