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 Easter Bunny - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Easter Bunny is a fantasy or mythological rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter.
Sometimes children leave out carrots for the Easter Bunny, which is similar to the practice of leaving milk and cookies for Santa Claus.
Sometimes the expression, "The Easter Bunny has retired" is used by parents when all of their children have figured out that there is no Easter Bunny.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_Bunny   (467 words)

  
 Easter Bunny Easter Bunny companies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Easter Bunny is a symbolic rabbit, used in the celebrations of Easter.
Easter is an annual festival observed throughout the Christian world celebrated as the religious holiday commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Son of God.
The Easter Bunny was thought to be a symbol of fertility and colored easter eggs, were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring.
www.find-information-on.com /easter-bunny.php   (170 words)

  
 What is the origin of the Easter Bunny
The bunny was first used as a symbol of Easter in 16th century Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings.
The first edible Easter bunnies, made primarily of pastry and sugar, were produced in Germany as well, during the early 1800s.
The Easter bunny was introduced to American folklore by the German settlers who arrived in the Pennsylvania Dutch country during the 1700s.
www.twilightbridge.com /hobbies/festivals/easter/bunny.htm   (327 words)

  
 Origins of Easter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The offering of rabbits and eggs eventually (in the 8th century, it is thought) became the Easter bunny and Easter eggs.
It issued the Easter Rule which states that Easter shall be celebrated on the first Sunday that occurs after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox.
Easter Sunday is celebrated as the day Jesus rose again.
www.didyouknow.cd /easter.htm   (354 words)

  
 Easter 2006 - The complete guide to the easter 2006
Easter 2006 is the time of springtime festivals, a time to welcome back the Tulips, the Crocuses and the Daffodils.
Easter and the holidays that are related to it are moveable feasts, in that they do not fall on a fixed date in the Gregorian calendar (which follows the motion of the Sun and the seasons).
Eventually, all churches accepted the Alexandrian method of computing Easter, which set the northern hemisphere vernal equinox at 21 March (the actual equinox may fall one or two days earlier or later), and the date of the full moon was to be determined by using the Metonic cycle.
www.easter-2004.com   (483 words)

  
 History of the Easter Bunny - Animal Life
Easter is celebrated on the first Sunday following a full moon, so the moon was used to figure out the date of Easter every year, and the hare (not the rabbit) was the symbol of the Egyptian moon.
Children behaved themselves, believing that, if they were good, Oschter Haws would lay colorful eggs (symbols of rebirth) for them in a nest the children had provided (usually their hat or bonnet, placed in the barn).
Easter itself was not widely celebrated until after the Civil War.
www.bellaonline.com /articles/art19136.asp   (450 words)

  
 Activity Idea Place: Easter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Easter Match Up There are many ways to set this up depending on the skill level or the particular skill you wish to work on.
And one child, (Easter Bunny) or the teacher faces away from the children, a good distance away from the children.
This continues until all the children are very close to Easter Bunny then Easter Bunny will answer it's midnight, and Easter Bunny chases the children back to the fence or wall that they started at.
www.123child.com /easter   (4690 words)

  
 EASTER
Easter was already one of the two biggest celebrations observed by Pagans, long before Christianity came along.
Easter was celebrated by the Assyrians, the Phoenicians, and the Philistines (Goliath no doubt had an Easter basket).
“Easter” is the name of the Babylonian “Mother of Harlots”, Rev. 17, and her image stands as the sun-goddess “Lady Liberty” in New York Harbor.
www.fossilizedcustoms.com /easter.html   (1655 words)

  
 Easter Bunny
The Easter Bunny as a holiday symbol delivering candy and eggs is thought to have started around that time in Germany.
The Easter Bunny became a symbol of Christ rising from the dead.
The first food Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s and were baked pastry bunnies with sugar toppings.
www.chiff.com /a/easter-bunny.htm   (693 words)

  
 History Of The Easter Bunny - A Great Resource of Information
Easter party pinatas on easter bunny, basket, easter bunny history & easter egg designs for easter parties, holiday pinatas & any other pinata are great for kid parties.
Easter Pinatas Easter party pinatas on easter bunny, basket, easter bunny history & easter egg designs for easter parties, holiday pinatas & any other pinata are great for kid parties.
Easter is brought to life as this little girl tenderly cuddles with a little bunny.
www.rabbitspot.com /historyoftheeasterbunny   (1308 words)

  
 What is the origin of Easter? - ChristianAnswers.Net   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Bible says that he was "a mighty one"[1] Jewish tradition indicates that Nimrod was a tyrant "who made all of the people rebellious against God."[2] It is evident from history that Nimrod was not only a political leader, but also the lead priest of a form of occultic worship.
The Easter egg is a symbol of the pagan Mother Goddess, and it even bears one of her names.
"Easter" is simply one of the names of a woman who mightily deceived the world and whose religion has caused untold suffering and misery.
www.christiananswers.net /q-eden/edn-t020.html   (2076 words)

  
 Easter Bunny Cake
For the bunny haunches, cut one of the 6-inch cake rounds in half to form 2 half-moons.
On the bunny body, slice a narrow sliver of cake 2 inches from the center of the rounded top, going toward the bottom of the cake, to form a ledge for the bunny head.
If using, surround the base of the bunny cake with fresh or sugared flowers to give the illusion that the bunny is sitting in a flower bed.
www.globalgourmet.com /food/special/2000/treats/bunny.html   (1010 words)

  
 Boston.com / News / Odds & ends / Easter Bunny gets pummeled by boy at mall   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
BAY CITY, Mich. -- The Easter Bunny is hopping mad.
He kept his cool during the attack, deeming it inappropriate for the Easter Bunny to fight back.
Johnson, meanwhile, is back on the job at the mall, where he had been working as the Easter Bunny for about a week before the attack.
www.boston.com /news/odd/articles/2005/03/26/easter_bunny_gets_pummeled_by_boy_at_mall   (344 words)

  
 THE EASTER BUNNY
Easter is actually a lunar festival rather than a solar event.
The celebration of Easter falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox (and if said full moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter is the Sunday after).
One is that the bunny is nocturnal and feeds by night; another is that the rabbit's gestation period is one month long.
bunnyhollow.org /bunnyeastermoon/bunnyeastermoon.html   (886 words)

  
 Good Riddance to the Easter Bunny
Some communities in Florida are renaming the Easter Bunny the “Garden Bunny” and Easter egg hunts simply as “egg hunts.” Good for them.
The Easter symbols we use today are enough to declare it “Baal-berith” (Judges 8:33; 9:4)—a mix of paganism (Baalism) and God’s covenant (berith is the Hebrew word for “covenant”).
This year, Easter is celebrated on March 27 by Western churches and May 1 by Orthodox churches.
www.americanvision.org /articlearchive/03-14-05.asp   (741 words)

  
 USATODAY.com - Church's Easter show shocks crowd with bunny whipping   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
People who attended Saturday's show at Glassport's memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, "There is no Easter bunny," and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Bickerton portrayed the Easter rabbit and said she tried to act with a tone of irreverence.
Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke, another parent who saw the show in Glassport, a community about 10 miles southeast of Pittsburgh.
www.usatoday.com /news/offbeat/2004-04-08-easter-show_x.htm   (308 words)

  
 Easter Crafts for Kids
Lay the pointy part of the head of the bunny pattern at one corner of the envelope and trace the pattern.
Glue the bunny face to one side of the jar and a cotton ball to the other to make a bunny.
We had a few visitors that week, none of whom had ever heard the Easter story, and they were a bit confused by the concept of the tomb itself.
www.daniellesplace.com /html/easter.html   (4680 words)

  
 CaseStudies by Dan Case -- "The Vast Easter Bunny Conspiracy"
The bunnies, chicks, and eggs thing is actually, as I understand it, the leftover remnants of pagan celebrations of the spring solstice.
The traditions involving candy at Easter time were, as best I can tell, originated by a secret coalition of candy makers and dentists.
Warm fuzzy bunnies and chicks are certainly preferable to talk of God’s own son taking the sin of the world upon Himself, and dying a slow, agonizing death in our place.
www.case-studies.com /articles/easter/bunnies.htm   (603 words)

  
 Easter Bunny whipped at church show; some families upset   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
A church trying to teach about the crucifixion of Jesus performed an Easter show with actors whipping the Easter bunny and breaking eggs, upsetting several parents and young children.
People who attended Saturday’s performance at Glassport’s memorial stadium quoted performers as saying, “There is no Easter bunny,” and described the show as being a demonstration of how Jesus was crucified.
Performers broke eggs meant for an Easter egg hunt and also portrayed a drunken man and a self-mutilating woman, said Jennifer Norelli-Burke, another parent who saw the show in Glassport, southeast of Pittsburgh.
www.post-gazette.com /breaking/20040407bunnyp4.asp   (214 words)

  
 Easter Bunny Girl   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Once upon a time, when Zoey was a very little girl, and the Easter Bunny was real, and crocus flowers magically poked out of the ground where snow had been a few weeks before, a very special thing happened.
It was an Easter Bunny suit, made from pink footed pajamas, a drop seat in the back where a fluffy white pom-pom was attached, and a matching bunny-ear headband.
The naughty bunny was balanced upon her Daddy's knee and had her tail taken down, and her bare white hineymoon felt the chill in the springtime air.
www.smilingwithteeth.com /mindcandy/Stories/easterbun.html   (497 words)

  
 Candy USA!
The Easter Bunny is a symbol of new life during the spring season.
The hare was originally a symbol of Easter for the Germans who came to America in the 18th century.
By the 19th century in America, the Easter Hare had become the Easter Bunny delighting children with baskets of eggs, chocolates, candy chicks, jelly beans and other gifts on Easter morning.
www.candyusa.org /Holidays/Easter/history.asp   (349 words)

  
 ESL Quiz - Reading Comprehension - Easter (Barbara Donnelly) I-TESL-J   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Easter has its roots in many traditions gathered from many parts of the globe.
Children believed that if they were good, the Easter Bunny would lay a nest of colored eggs.
As you have learned, Easter in America is a mixture of a lot of cultures, stories, and Christian beliefs.
a4esl.org /q/h/9704/bd-easter.html   (330 words)

  
 The Easter Bunny | A Dangerous Tool From Satan!
Some bunnies died in the earmuff-fur extraction process; some drowned in the Rubbermaid containers holding the Amoco unleaded; "but a few were still hopping about," said Pastor.
Painted pagan eggs, Easter baskets, and yellow marshmallow chickens don't hold a candle to this furry four legged demonic spawn, forged in the fires of Hell by Lucifer himself, for the sole purpose of distracting innocent little snow white children from the true meaning behind Easter Sunday.
If you don't understand that Satan's job is breeding minions and the bunny rabbit is the ultimate symbol of minion breeding, then please close this book now and find another place of worship, for you are not welcome here.
www.landoverbaptist.org /news0404/easter.html   (1338 words)

  
 EasterBunny
Parents may want to fill Easter baskets with chocolate bunnies this year, unless they're ready for a lifelong commitment to the real Peter Cottontail, says a University of Florida rabbit specialist.
The fact that rabbits are sold at Easter leads to a lot of impulse buying, said Bobby Collins, a small-animal science professor in the College of Veterinary Medicine, a part of UF's Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
But Collins said it is also not uncommon for students to leave their rabbits at home when they go off to school, leaving Mom and Dad with something to think about before purchasing an "Easter" bunny.
www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us /Easter/EasterBunny.html   (1381 words)

  
 Bunnies and Easter Don't Mix
Easter bunnies soon grow large and reach adolecence.
Humane organizations such as House Rabbit Society see a huge increase in the number of abandoned rabbits after Easter.
Print out our Children and Rabbits Flyer or The Easter Bunny Poem and give them a copy.
www.rabbit.org /easter   (321 words)

  
 The First Easter Bunny
Bunny was screened Saturday Sept 27, 2003 at the Lake Arrowhead CA Film Festival.
WHAT'S IT ALL ABOUT - The First Easter Bunny is a comedic short film about the rise and fall of the original Easter Bunny and his hometown of Fitchburg Massachusetts.
See for yourself in these articles from local newspapers mentioning the mysterious signs, an Easter Bunny sculpture, and the tale of a badly drawn bunny.
www.plasticvilleproductions.com /bunny/index.shtml   (265 words)

  
 Easter Sunday | History | Eggs | Chocolate | Bunny | Lily | Good Friday | March 27, 2005 | Resurrection   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Palm Sunday is the Sunday before Easter and the day Jesus arrived in Jerusalem.
Some say he was a large, handsome bird that belonged to Eostre, the Pagan Goddess of dawn, fertility and new beginnings.
She changed him into a rabbit, which explains why the Easter bunny now builds a nest and fills it with colored eggs.
www.kidzworld.com /site/p616.htm   (304 words)

  
 FamilyFun: Easter Craft: Bunny Bucket
This irresistible Easter basket will surely be at your child's side long after the egg hunt is over.
Use a hole punch to make a hole at each end of the handle and on each side of the bucket, then attach the handle to the bucket with two brass paper fasteners.
Finally, glue on two large googly eyes, two large pom-poms for cheeks, a small pom-pom nose, embroidery floss whiskers, and a large pom-pom tail, and your bunny is ready for some egg-hunt action.
jas.familyfun.go.com /arts-and-crafts?page=CraftDisplay&craftid=10170   (328 words)

  
 Technorati Tag: Easter   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
LHM Easter 2006 The meaning of Easter The real meaning of Easter centers on the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, from the dead.
Easter - religious happenings April 4th, 2006 religious happenings Contra Costa Times, CA - Apr 1, 2006… 925-447-2078.
Easter Fruit Baskets and Easter Gifts Easter gift baskets with chocolates, Easter bunnies, fruit and candy.
www.technorati.com /tag/Easter   (485 words)

  
 Tucows Downloads - Easter Bunny Island 1.0 Demo Software   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
Easter is a holiday where everything turns up bunnies.
This screen saver features computer generated 3D Easter Bunnies...
Children will like this screen saver that draws an Easter egg, a baby...
www.tucows.com /preview/303309   (238 words)

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