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The Easter Bunny is not in the bible and is not related to the resurrection story of Jesus that Christians celebrate on Easter Sunday. Rabbits and hares, along with eggs, are general symbols of ...
This category is for mythical, religious and/or pop culture characters who play a role in holidays. Subcategories This category has the following 4 subcategories, out of 4 total.
In Poland, pouring water on one another is an Easter tradition called Śmigus-dyngus, a.k.a. Wet Monday. People gather on Easter Monday to try and drench each other with buckets of water, squirt ...
The Easter Bunny (also called the Easter Rabbit or Easter Hare) is a folkloric figure and symbol of Easter, depicted as a rabbit —sometimes dressed with clothes—bringing Easter eggs. Originating among German Lutherans, the "Easter Hare" originally played the role of a judge, evaluating whether children were good or disobedient in behavior ...
Here Comes Peter Cottontail is a 1971 Japanese-American Easter stop-motion animated television special produced by Rankin/Bass Productions, currently distributed by Universal Television and based on the 1957 novel, The Easter Bunny That Overslept, by Priscilla and Otto Friedrich. [1] The special is narrated by Danny Kaye, and stars Casey Kasem ...
It's officially Easter!The festive day, feted with bunnies and colored eggs, has a variety of historical origins and is considered one of the holiest and most important Christian holidays. The ...
Easter, [nb 1] also called Pascha [nb 2] ( Aramaic, Greek, Latin) or Resurrection Sunday, [nb 3] is a Christian festival and cultural holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus from the dead, described in the New Testament as having occurred on the third day of his burial following his crucifixion by the Romans at Calvary c. 30 AD.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which analyzed Easter dates from 1600 to 2099, the most common dates for Easter are March 31 and April 16. Over the 500 years, Easter will have occurred or is ...