{"id":5896,"date":"2020-04-09T17:05:54","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.wickeduncle.co.uk\/blog\/?p=5896"},"modified":"2025-07-21T11:20:11","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T10:20:11","slug":"why-do-we-celebrate-easter-with-a-bunny-and-eggs","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wickeduncle.co.uk\/blog\/why-do-we-celebrate-easter-with-a-bunny-and-eggs\/","title":{"rendered":"Why do we celebrate Easter with a bunny &amp; eggs, but no chicken?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Easter is right around the corner. Time for a big lunch, a visit from the Easter Bunny, and loads of chocolate! But where did these traditions come from? Have you ever wondered why we celebrate Easter with a bunny and eggs, but no chicken? The answers might surprise you!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l2QZYZx0GNjGpAaPe\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"GIF of girl collecting Easter eggs\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Eggs: symbols of rebirth<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Which came first: the chicken or the egg? Since no one knows, let\u2019s just start with the eggs! It\u2019s easy to see why eggs symbolise life, renewal, and rebirth. For that reason, early Christians began using eggs as a symbol of the resurrection. Some historians believe that for these ancient people, the eggshell represented the tomb and the little chick hatching out represented Jesus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/l3Hvt2rN737vaXdByT\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"GIF of man dancing with Easter egg\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">A little Easter egg history&#8230;<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>But Easter Eggs are different from regular eggs, aren\u2019t they? They\u2019re much more colourful for a start! During Lent (the 40-day period leading up to Easter), and especially during the week just before Easter, known as Holy Week, many Christians abstained from eating animal products. Meat? No. Dairy? Nope! Eggs? No, sir! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But just because people weren\u2019t eating eggs, didn\u2019t mean chickens stopped laying them! To preserve all of the unused eggs, people would hardboil them, decorate the shells and save them to eat on Easter Day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3bznNa1tvpJOiqa0td\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Why do we celebrate easter\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>The colourful Easter egg tradition further evolved with the British Victorians, who began celebrating Easter with beautiful, satin-covered cardboard egg that they\u2019d fill with small gifts. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Interestingly, historians believe that the Pennsylvania Dutch in the US started the tradition of the modern Easter egg hunt in the 1700s. Who knew?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Chocolate time!<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>And the part you\u2019re all waiting for: the chocolate eggs! Everyone\u2019s favourite Easter treat originated in Europe, in particular France and Germany, in the early 1800s. It\u2019s believed that the first chocolate eggs were bitter and hard &#8211; nothing like the delicious ones we buy at the supermarket! <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/3o85xoUrfjVxu7vehO\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"Easter Bunny with Chocolate\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Fortunately, people saw the potential here and worked hard to improve their chocolate-making techniques. Eventually, they landed on with the hollow, sweet eggs we enjoy today!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What about the Easter Bunny?<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.giphy.com\/media\/AqfHCX4GxXg1a\/giphy.gif\" alt=\"The Easter Bunny\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<div style=\"height:30px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Last but not least, let\u2019s talk about bunnies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Of course, tiny baby bunnies are a symbol of new life! But some people believe the Easter Bunny comes from a story about an Anglo-Saxon goddess named Eostre. 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