Easter is always preceded by Good Friday, which marks Christ’s actual crucifixion. Good Friday 2013 falls on March 29. As for what the Easter Bunny has to do with the holiday, eggs have long been a symbol of fertility, and according to many sources, History.com reports, Easter derives from Eostre, an ancient Saxon goddess of spring and fertility. Eostre was sometimes depicted alongside a rabbit, and while the legend is thought to date back to the 1500s, it wasn’t until 1680, Discovery News reports, that the first story about an egg-hiding bunny hit the printing press. When Germans began settling in America in the 1700s, they brought the tradition with them, paving the way for what we now recognize as Easter. Pass the Peeps and Cadbury Eggs!
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