Easter
Easter is a Christian holiday and a holiday celebrating the rebirth of nature. It occurs on a Sunday in the spring. Children enjoy this holiday because on Easter Sunday they have an Easter egg hunt. Parents hide candy eggs, chocolate rabbits and chocolate chickens after children have gone to bed the night before Easter Sunday. In the morning, the children take baskets and hunt for the eggs. Eggs, rabbits and chickens are all symbols of fertility. They represent the new season that begins in the spring.
Children believe that the candy and chocolates they find have been hidden by the Easter Bunny. "Bunny" is a children's word for rabbit. Later, they will understand that the Easter Bunny is a mythical figure, not a real creature. The Easter Bunny has its origin even before Christianity. Rabbits were symbols of new life in the spring. The myth of the Easter Bunny seems to have started in Germany in the 1500s. Now, children eagerly await the arrival of the Easter Bunny, almost as much as Santa Claus at Christmas. |
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