Do You Know About the Easter Bunny?
The symbol of the rabbit originated in pre-Christian fertility lore. Being the most fertile of animals, the hare and rabbit served as symbols of new life. This originated with the pagan festival of Eostre (also known as Eastre). Anglo-Saxons worshipped the goddess, Eastre through her earthly symbol, the rabbit. The spring season brings new life with the rabbit as the fertility symbol.
The Easter Bunny was first mentioned in German writings in the 1500s.
The Germans brought this symbol to America who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 18th century. The first edible bunnies were made in Germany, in the 1800s. They were not made of chocolate, but of pastry and sugar.
In early German tradition, children would use colorful hats and bonnets to make nest for the Easter Bunny. These nests were placed in a secluded place within the house or barn. According to folklore, German settlers believed a white rabbit would place colorful eggs in these nest for the good children. These eggs were colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.
Vintage Easter White Rabbits and Chick Postcard
Vintage Easter Bunny Cards
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The Easter Bunny is a White Talking Rabbit
The night before Easter, I remember having an empty Easter Basket out on the table. Waking up the next morning finding the basket full of candy and sometimes it would be a basket the Easter Bunny picked up at the store.
I was not allowed to stay up late the night before Easter. Before I went to bed, I would set up a plate with a big orange carrot and lettuce for the Easter Bunny to munch on.
Unlike Santa Claus, who came down the chimney, my parents had told me that the Easter Bunny would come through the front door. One of the parents would stay up and let him in.
Many of the drawings of this bunny have been shown in colors of white and sometimes brown. But I when I asked my mother what he looked like. She told me that the Easter Bunny is white and 6-foot tall. This bunny can also talk. He asked my mother if I had been a good girl. If I was bad, I suppose there would not be candy in my Easter Basket.
Harvey(1950) Classic Movie on DVD
Harvey (1950) (Buy Now)
Classic movie starting Jimmy Steward asElwood P. Dowd, a mild-mannered, pleasant man, who just happens (he says) to have an invisible friend resembling a 6-foot rabbit.
This also proves that the Easter Bunny is a 6-foot rabbit, just like my mother told me.
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