What do Choclate bunnies ,candies and eggs have to do with Easter?

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   moneyfairyposted 12 years ago

   The real meaning of Easter has nothing to do with candy, eggs, easter egg hunts etc... so who started all this commercialism?

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      Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

      lol... good question. I work at a grocery store and the baby chicks and chocolate bunnies are kind of gross to me.

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         I know totaly gross..the marshmallow chicks that is . the solid chocolate bunnies are tasty though.
         I also love ham and scalloped potatoes that we usually had for Easter sunday dinner. Why? I don't know it was just a family tradition.

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            Beth37posted 12 years agoin reply to this

            lol

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               moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

               Thanks Beth LOL

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      bBereanposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Careful what you ask for.  Here is accurate information, but it is probably more than you want to know:
      http://planksandnails.hubpages.com/hub/ … ern-Church

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         bBerean: Thanks very much...interesting article.

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      MelissaBarrettposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Those who don't know what a bunny has to do with rolling a rock away from a cave have obviously never seen Monty Python and The Holy Grail.

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         Hollie Thomasposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Exactly!

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Melissa: You are right I have never watched Monty Python and The Holy Grail....I thought that was a comedy?not anything factual about Easter? Anyway sometime I'll check it out. Thanks!

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   relacheposted 12 years ago

   The first tales of an Easter bunny date back to the late 1600s and those beliefs seems to have migrated to the USA in the later 1800s.
   
   Dying eggs dates back to ancient Eastern European Christian traditions whereby eggs were dyed red to symbolize the blood of Christ.

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      relache:Thanks for the interesting info. never heard of the dyed red eggs story Wow. I wonder who in the 1600's started the idea of the Easter Bunny? and how it took to stay till this day?

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      wildernessposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      The first documentation of the legend was in 1580 and the first published account was in 1680.  The legend of Ostara and the bird she turned into a colored egg laying rabbit dates to far before that, however.  Bede, in his 8th century work noted the feasts held in Ostara's (Eostra) honor among the Germanic pagans.

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         moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Thanks wilderness very interesting.

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   psycheskinnerposted 12 years ago

   Um, it goes back a little further.  This time of year was once devoted to worshiping Ishtar, a goddess of fertility whose symbols include eggs and bunnies. That is why many of the links between what we do at Easter and Christianity seem a tad... tenuous.

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks for sharing!

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   Mark Ewbieposted 12 years ago

   

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      Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Had to check out this thread when I saw Mark Ewbie had posted.  Where do we get chocolate fish?

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         Jean Bakulaposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         Easter often coincides with the beginning of Spring, new life and new opportunties for growth. So baby animals and new blooming flowers are all signs that the cold, bare, winter is over, and time for new life to Spring about again. Good Friday and Easter symbolize the death and rebirth of Christ for Christians, though a minister friend of mine says since the belief is that Christ died for everyone's sins, every day is like Easter. It depends on whether your family celebrates Easter as a religious holiday or not.

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            moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

            Thank for sharing Jean. Happy Easter to you and enjoy however you celebrate!!

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         Mark Ewbieposted 12 years agoin reply to this

         From the chocolate fish tank of course. To be honest Marcy - I cleaned it up for the forums.

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Mark:Thanks for your strange take on Easter???Thanks for keeping it clean too.

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   Marcy Goodfleischposted 12 years ago

   BTW - a town near Austin has a cool Easter Fires celebration, where all the adults dress like pioneers, Indians, or Easter Bunnies (like, 300 Easter Bunnies).  I wrote a hub last year, lamenting that the pageant had been discontinued, and this year, it's back - and the hub is getting views.  Yay!

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      moneyfairyposted 12 years agoin reply to this

      Thanks Marcy for sharing!!! I'll have to check out that hub.

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