Although the symbol of the egg is rooted in a pagan springtime fertility feast, Christians have adopted the egg as an Easter symbol that represents new life.
In many areas of the world, people colour and decorate hard-boiled eggs as part of their Easter celebrations.
Participate in an Easter egg hunt at home. Once the eggs are decorated, children search for eggs hidden throughout their homes or gardens. In some traditions, the Easter Bunny hides the eggs on Easter morning for the children to find later that day.
Celebrate with an Easter basket filled with lots of goodies from the Easter Bunny. Like the egg, the rabbit was a symbol of fertility associated with the pagan festival of Easter. In the 1500’s, the Germans began using the Easter Hare as a symbol of rebirth at Easter. On the night before Easter, children would make nests from their bonnets and caps and leave them outside, where the Easter Hare would leave colourful eggs for them. Today, a common tradition is that the Easter Bunny brings baskets filled with candy to children on Easter morning.
Enjoy some chocolate Easter Bunnies and sweets, traditional symbols of Easter. The Germans are credited with inventing the chocolate Easter Bunny in the 1800’s. The chocolate bunny is now a traditional symbol of Easter. Other traditional types of Easter candy include chocolate eggs, marshmallow chicks and jelly beans.
