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Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of traditions: church, bunnies and eggs. What may seem like an odd trio, however, is actually tied together by the universal themes of spring and life renewed.

Easter brings together an unlikely cadre of traditions: church, bunnies and eggs. But what may seem like an odd trio is actually tied together by the universal themes of spring and life renewed. While ...

As Easter approached at the end of March 2024, we looked into the many origin theories of the Christian holiday. The occasion celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his ...

A nephew in Mexico e-mailed me a question concerning Easter. His wife is a school teacher, and her pupils wanted to know why in the U.S. bunnies and colored eggs are associated with Easter. Most of ...

• Easter in the United States is widely associated with bunnies, candy, and flowers. • Many of those symbols have ancient origins. • But the idea that Easter's name derives from a pagan goddess is ...

The date of Easter, when the resurrection of Jesus is said to have taken place, changes from year to year. The reason for this variation is that Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first ...