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  The Easter Page -- Traditions, History, and Dates of Easter
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.
As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter.
Eggs were often wrapped in gold leaf or, if you were a peasant, colored brightly by boiling them with the leaves or petals of certain flowers.
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 Easter egg - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given out to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime.
This is known as "egg dumping" or "egg jarping".
In the U.S., such an Easter egg roll (unrelated to an eggroll) is often done on flat ground, pushed along with a spoon; the Easter Egg Roll has become a much-loved annual event on the White House lawn.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_egg   (820 words)

  
 History of the Easter Egg
It is the universal symbol of Easter celebrations throughout the world and has been dyed, painted, adorned and embellished in the celebration of its special symbolism.
The Romans, Gauls, Chinese, Egyptians and Persians all cherished the egg as a symbol of the universe.
With the advent of Chrisianity the symbolism of the egg changed to represent, not nature's rebirth, but the rebirth of man. Christians embraced the egg symbol and likened it to the tomb from which Christ rose.
www.geocities.com /Heartland/8149/egg.html   (569 words)

  
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Easter eggs are an amusing invention that creators hide in their own creations.
Easter eggs have been around for a number of years, it is only now we are discovering easter eggs in websites.
Easter Egg Hunt will show you where hundreds of easter eggs are hidden in websites, you can also share with us any easter eggs you find.
www.easteregghunt.com.au   (254 words)

  
 The White House Easter Egg Roll 2002   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The story of the White House Easter Egg Roll, which begins at one end of Pennsylvania Avenue and continues at the other, is one of the oldest and most unique traditions in presidential history.
Rolling eggs on the Monday after Easter was a tradition observed by many Washington families, including those of the President.
The White House Easter Bunny, usually a White House staffer dressed in a special White House rabbit suit, was introduced by Pat Nixon, wife of President Richard Nixon, in 1969.
www.whitehouse.gov /history/tours/easter.html   (832 words)

  
 Australian Easter Egg
Our usual Easter Egg was a simple boiled egg that had been wrapped in color crepe paper so that the egg shell became colored, and which sometimes had a little face drawn on the shell.
Both the egg and the piping were as hard flint, which made the task of biting it extremely difficult, but by the same token this prolonged the enjoyment, as it was simply not possible to eat a whole egg in one day.
Inside the egg rattled a few little sweet favors and so the idea was to keep the two pieces of the egg intact by biting off the sugar piping, and then find the favors on which were written little messages, then lastly to attack the two halves of the egg in small sections.
www.inmamaskitchen.com /SEASONS/Easter/AusEasterEgg.html   (858 words)

  
 The easter egg, its history and origin
Thus, it is not unusual that in almost all ancient cultures eggs had been held as an emblem of life.
In Europe an egg was hung on New Year trees, on Maypoles, and on St. John's trees in midsummer.
Eggs were said to be dyed and eaten at the spring festivals in ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome.
www.theholidayspot.com /easter/history/icons/easter_egg.htm   (425 words)

  
 FAQ
Easter Eggs will usually stand out either because they totally don't fit with their context (like a pinball game in a word processor), or because they have a deeper hidden personal meaning to the creators, so they threw it in for entertainment.
Easter Eggs are there for fun, not to do damage.
For example, maybe there was a bug in the programmer's Easter Egg code, and in certain situations it might crash the program, or even the whole computer, forcing you to reboot.
www.eeggs.com /faq.html   (2822 words)

  
 Easter egg (media) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Easter eggs are messages, graphics, sound effects, or an unusual change in program behavior, that mainly occur in a software program in response to some undocumented set of commands, mouse clicks, keystrokes or other stimuli intended as a joke or to display program credits.
An early use of the term Easter egg was to describe a message hidden in the object code of a program as a joke, intended to be found by persons disassembling or browsing the code.
Easter eggs, however benign, if directly copied by the defendant, could be used in mask work infringement litigation.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Easter_egg_(virtual)   (2712 words)

  
 Easter Egg Safety
Eggs are a potentially hazardous food, in the same category as meat, poultry, fish, and milk.
Most commercial egg producers lightly coat their eggs with a thin spray coating of mineral oil to close the pores against contamination.
Cooking the egg in the shell, however, removes that barrier so that your hard cooked eggs are again prone to contamination unless you protect them by proper handling.
www.dec.state.ak.us /eh/fss/consumers/easter.html   (411 words)

  
 What is easter egg? - A Word Definition From the Webopedia Computer Dictionary   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Typically, easter eggs are used to display the credits for the development team or to display a humorous message.
To see an easter egg, you need to know a special procedure or sequence of keystrokes.
Easter eggs in computer games are quite common and may be funny scenes, hidden levels, or other extras gamers might discover while playing.
www.webopedia.com /TERM/E/easter_egg.html   (201 words)

  
 EASTER SYMBOLS   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The oval shape of the egg was the same shape for a raindrop and a seed.
The egg itself promises new life as in spring, birds, and many other animals are hatched from eggs.
The easter lily was brought into the United States in 1882 from Bermuda.
www.kiddyhouse.com /Holidays/Easter/symbols.html   (1064 words)

  
 EggsDecorated
The easiest way is to make a solid egg by filling the two halves, setting them and then using a thin spread of melted chocolate to "glue" them together.
Either pour in a little and move the egg around so it spreads around the sides, or pour in a lot and fill the egg.
The longer the egg remains in the dye, the deeper the color will be.
www.twingroves.district96.k12.il.us /Easter/Eggs.html   (1670 words)

  
 Braided Easter Egg Bread - Allrecipes
Seal the ends of the ring together and use your fingers to slide the eggs between the braids of dough.
I put brown eggs in the wreath, and filled the center with our dyed easter eggs.
I used eggs straight from the fridge and they were not noticibly warm after the loaf rose.
allrecipes.com /recipe/braided-easter-egg-bread/detail.aspx   (499 words)

  
 Easter on the Net - Easter Eggs
riginally Easter eggs were painted with bright colors to represent the sunlight of spring and were used in Easter-egg rolling contests or given as gifts.
Crimson eggs, to honor the blood of Christ, are exchanged in Greece.
The hollow eggs were dyed and hung from shrubs and trees during the Easter Week.
www.holidays.net /easter/eggs.htm   (662 words)

  
 Easter Egg Coloring for Kids - Easter Egg Decorating Ideas
Experiment with different combinations of colors When you remove the egg from the dye, pat dry with a paper towel and place in a holder.
Color on the Easter eggs before placing in the dye.
In a mug or jar large enough to contain one egg, place 1 Tablespoon of oil, 1 Tablespoon of vinegar and 1 Tablespoon of food coloring.
www.amazingmoms.com /htm/holiday_eastereggs.htm   (834 words)

  
 * * * * * 2005 Easter Egg Roll * * * * *
The annual White House Easter Egg Roll will be held Monday, March 28 from 8 a.m.
The 2005 Easter Egg Collection continues the tradition that began in 1994 where each state sends a decorated egg to the White House for display.
The story of the White House Easter Egg Roll is one of the oldest and most unique traditions in presidential history.
www.whitehouse.gov /easter/2005   (275 words)

  
 Craft Library: Easter Egg Decorating
This kind of Easter egg will last longer, but you must be careful not to crush it.
Put the eggs in a clean pan, which is large enough to hold them without crowding.
This simple yet beautiful Easter pin can be made by children as young as five with some help from an adult.
www.homeschoolzone.com /craft/eastereggs.htm   (400 words)

  
 PAAS Easter Games, Easter Egg Decorating Supplies   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Place the egg on the grass in front of you and position your spoon behind it.
Place your decorated Easter eggs on the ground in the territories (use the same number for each group, or divide into “Kids” against “Grown-ups” and hide many more eggs in the kids’ territory for the grown-ups to capture).
The closer the rings are to the center egg, the higher their value (much like a dart board).
www.paaseastereggs.com /easter_activities.htm   (771 words)

  
 FABULOUS FOODS - EASTER EGGS
While we utilized various techniques to achieve the results you see, all of the eggs have one things in common, the basic egg dye recipe.
To make a rainbow of egg hues, you can use either liquid or paste food coloring, although I find using paste gives extra bright and, depending upon how large a dab of paste I use, more intese color.
An empty egg carton makes a good drying rack (see photo), but liquid tends to collect at the bottom so use caution when lifting eggs out of the drying rach and blot the bottoms carefully with a dry paper towel so the color doesn't run
www.fabulousfoods.com /holidays/easter/eggdesign/eggs2000.html   (467 words)

  
 Easter Egg Tree Paper Craft
This is likely the best option for younger kids as they'll have an easier time decorating/designing their egg.
We colored the details (dots, flowers, etc) with pencil crayon and then colored the whole egg (right over the pencil crayon) in wax crayon.
The bottom row of the "individual size" template has 5 "blank" eggs that the kids will enjoy decorating their own way.
www.dltk-holidays.com /easter/meggtree.html   (350 words)

  
 Paper Mache Easter Egg Craft
You should use one that's blown up all the way to get a good egg shape, but we always end up playing with ours until they're somewhat deflated which makes the egg a bit rounder than it likely should be.
If you want to fill your egg with something, leave a space where the tied end is.
Use paint or markers to add easter egg decorations like stripes, dots or flowers.
www.dltk-holidays.com /easter/mpaper_mache_egg.htm   (491 words)

  
 Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith Easter Eggs & Hidden Secrets - MovieWeb
Not really an egg but in the scene where the Wookies are fighting the Droid Army on Kyshyyk, there is a part where a giant Clone sand tank is bounding across the terrain.
Not really an Easter Egg but go to where Yoda is on Kyshyyk and when you see the hologram of the entire council, Shaak Ti is sitting in a seat.
This may not be much of an easter egg, but like all of the other Star Wars DVD's, this one has three variations of the Title and Chapter Menus.
www.movieweb.com /dvd/eggs/egg.php?upc=024543203094   (1041 words)

  
 Halo Tips, Tricks, and Easter Eggs
In early October, in response to a question about whether all the easter eggs had been found in Halo, Matt Soell answered that he could "think of one that Myth players might be able to find." Fast-forward to mid-November...
To find this egg yourself, you need to be close to Keyes with a sniper rifle; less than 10x magnification won't allow you to read the words.
The egg itself was rather complicated; there were a series of actions that had to be completed in order to trigger its appearance.
halo.bungie.org /tipsntricks/eggs.html   (2736 words)

  
 Fabulous Easter recipes, egg decorating, Easter chocolates
Easter is the Christian celebration which commemorates the
One of the most interesting things about Easter is that it is somewhat of a "melting pot" holiday, with traditions that are deeply intertwined between Christian, Jewish and Pagan cultures.
It is no coincidence that Easter comes at a time of year so close to the Jewish Passover and the Pagan Ostara celebration at the spring equinox.
www.fabulousfoods.com /holidays/easter/easter.html   (295 words)

  
 Easter Egg Tree
Why not make a beautiful Easter egg tree for your family to enjoy during the Easter holidays.
Attach string or ribbon to the small end of the egg.
Once your eggs are dry hang them on your tree.
www.squiglysplayhouse.com /ArtsAndCrafts/Holidays/Easter/EggTree.html   (130 words)

  
 OUR KIDS Easter Egg Decorating Kits by Pumpkin Masters
Egg Decorating Kits and family products from Pumpkin Masters, the company that helps you and your family create wonderful Easter traditions and beautiful family heirlooms.
Egg Decorating Kits provide unsurpassed creativity and are very easy to work with.
Egg Decorating Kits and Easter accessories make wonderful presents for everyone on your Easter Egg hunt or special holiday gift list.
www.yankeeharvest.com /pumpkin/easter.html   (569 words)

  
 DVD Easter Egg Man
A DVD easter egg is a hidden feature on a DVD.
Some times these features are obvious but other times they are hidden very well (just like the easter eggs that the easter bunny used to leave...
We have also put convenient links from most of the DVD easter egg pages so that you can buy your favorite DVDs at the cheapest prices.
dvdeastereggman.com   (144 words)

  
 Lord of the Rings Movies Information | TheOneRing.net™ | News Archives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The EE of the "Return of the King" is not out yet - however, theeaster egg for this upcoming DVD release has already been revealed.
The Easter Egg this time is a remote interview with Elijah Wood, whichhas been conducted from the world premiere of RotK in Berlin.
Also, thistime the easter egg has passed British censorship (both MTV MovieAward's easter eggs of previous LotR releases have been dropped in theUK release, because of "adult" dialogues).
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