PLEASE EVERYONE KEEP THE FOCUS OF EASTER ON THE REAL
REASON WE HAVE IT!! THE RESURRECTION OF JESUS CHRIST!!
ITS OK TO TEACH YOUR KIDS ABOUT THE EASTER BUNNY AND
EASTER EGGS BUT PLEASE TELL THEM WHY WE USE THESE
SYMBOLS!!!
Easter egg origin stories abound—one has an emperor
claiming that the Resurrection was as likely as eggs
turning red. An Orthodox tradition is the presenting
of red colored eggs to friends while giving Easter
greetings. This custom had its beginning with Mary
Magdalene. After the Ascension of Christ, she went to
the Emperor of Rome and greeted him with "Christ is
risen", as she gave him a red egg. She then began
preaching Christianity to him. The egg is symbolic of
the grave and life renewed by breaking out of it. The
red symbolizes the blood of Christ redeeming the
world, represented by the egg, and our regeneration
through the bloodshed for us by Christ. The egg itself
is a symbol of the Resurrection while being dormant it
contains a new life sealed within it.
The Easter Bunny evolved from a number of traditions,
some dating back thousands of years. The earliest
humans noticed the link between the cycles of women
that were linked with the birth of children and the
cycles of the moon. In the oldest records from
civilizations in Asia, the hare was the symbol of the
moon.
So it followed that the moon and the rabbit both
became the symbol of rebirth or life after death.
Today, Easter is celebrated around the time of the
Paschal Moon in Spring
