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PLEASE do
not give your children, under the age of
8 years old, live bunnies or live
baby chicks for Easter! Those children are
not yet old enough for these pets and the
chicks and bunnies rarely survive. They
are handled too much and die of their injuries.
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Bonnets & Bunnies, The Origins of Easter
"Easter, like
Christmas, is a blend of paganism and Christianity. The word Easter is derived
from Eostre (also known as
Ostara), an ancient Anglo-Saxon Goddess. She symbolized the rebirth of
the day at dawn and the rebirth of life in the spring. The arrival of spring was
celebrated all over the world long before the religious meaning became
associated with Easter. Now Easter celebrates the rebirth of
Christ.
In fact, Easter is an important
Christian holiday. It is the culmination of events during Holy Week beginning
with Palm Sunday. Palm Sunday reflects the return of Jesus to Jerusalem. Maundy
Thursday commemorates the Last Supper of Christ and Good Friday honors the
crucifixion of Jesus. Finally, Easter Sunday celebrates the resurrection after
his death.
Easter falls on the first Sunday on or following the spring
Equinox after the full moon. The date has been calculated in this way since 325
AD.
Lambs, chicks and baby creatures of all kinds are all
associated with spring, symbolizing the birth of new life.
Since ancient
times many cultures have associated eggs with the universe. They've been dyed,
decorated and painted by the Romans, Gaul's, Persians and the Chinese. They were
used in ancient spring festivals to represent the rebirth of life. As
Christianity took hold the egg began to symbolize the rebirth of man rather than
nature.
During the 4th century consuming eggs during Lent
became taboo. However, spring is the peak egg-laying time for hens, so people
began to cook eggs in their shells to preserve them. Eventually people began
decorating and hiding them for children to find during Easter, which gave birth
to the Easter Egg Hunt. Other egg-related games also evolved like egg tossing
and egg rolling.
A Polish folktale tells of the Virgin Mary giving eggs
to soldiers at the cross while she pleaded with them to be merciful. As her
tears dropped they spattered droplets on the eggs mottling them with a myriad of
colors.
The Faberge egg is the best known of all the decorated eggs.
Peter Faberge made intricate, delicately decorated eggs. In 1883, the Russian
Czar commissioned Faberge to make a special egg for his
wife.
The Easter Bunny is a cute little rabbit that
hides eggs for us to find on Easter. But where did he come  from? Well, the
origin is not certain. In the rites of spring the rabbit symbolized fertility.
In a German book published in 1682, a tale is told of a bunny laying eggs and
hiding them in the garden.
The Easter bonnet and new clothes on Easter
symbolizes the end of the dreary winter and the beginning of the fresh, new
spring. At the turn of the century it was popular for families to stroll to
church and home again to show off their "Sunday best".
The
Easter Basket shows roots in a Catholic custom. Baskets filled with breads,
cheeses, hams and other foods for Easter dinner were taken to mass Easter
morning to be blessed. This evolved in time to baskets filled with chocolate
eggs, jellybeans, toys and stuffed bunnies for children left behind by the
Easter Bunny."
Source: Purim at Web Holidays. Web Holidays, Inc.
June 2, 2003
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"My religion consists of a humble admiration of the
illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are
able to perceive with our frail and feeble mind."
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955) |
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Easter Day
Most glorious Lord of life, that on this
day,
Didst make Thy triumph over death and sin:
And having harrow'd hell,
didst bring away
Captivity thence captive, us to win:
This joyous day,
dear Lord, with joy begin,
And grant that we for whom Thou diddest
die
Being with Thy dear blood clean wash'd from sin,
May live for ever in
felicity.
And that Thy love we weighing worthily,
May likewise love Thee
for the same again:
And for Thy sake that all like dear didst buy,
With
love may one another entertain.
So let us love, dear love, like as we
ought,
Love is the lesson which the Lord us taught.
Edmund Spenser 1552-1599
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