That Easter Questions

Evening readers,

About Easter, my brother and a couple of his friends had an easter late night party at one of his classmates' house on the 19th and it continued till 20th April. Easter was actually celebrated by the Christian that follows the sorrow of Good Friday and Holy Saturday. However, there was no praying or some sort of worshipping at the party, but just fun and games.

Bunnies are in charge of giving and sending little painted eggs *which is actually a chocolate* to little children. *Seen it in Rise of The Guardian* but my point of bringing out this topic was when my little brother came out with some questions;


" Do Rabbits lay eggs or give birth to their offspring?" *but I was reacting like "WHAT KIND OF QUESTION IS THAT?!" * and so he asked again
"If Bunnies don't lay eggs, how do bunnies related to Easter and why are they called Easter Bunnies?"
I was dumbfounded and stood quietly like an IDIOT for a while.

As far I know, Easter has easter bunnies and chocolates!!  Honestly, I did a research on it after that. According to the University of Florida's Center for Children's Literature and Culture, the origin of the Easter Bunnies traced from all the way back in the 13th- Century. The pre-christian Germany era, where people worshipped some gods and goddess. One of them was the Teutonic deity, Eostre, goddess of spring and fertility. She had a symbol, a Hare, because they have the highest reproduction rate. It was then changed to Bunny. They have been associated with Springtime and since Eostre,  was the symbol of rebirth as well, her companion the hare has a connection with the Christian Easter Festival.

As for many children, every easter is an adventure outside their garden looking for coloured eggs. So although bunnies don't lay eggs, but why eggs are associated as well?
The tradition of bunnies bringing eggs to children comes from the 17th Century. Traditionally, the eggs of Easter symbolized the empty tomb of Christ and it had been customary to eat the eggs. Only in the modern twisted tradition had eggs made out of chocolate.

To my little brother, Qayyim Bahadur

That's it!