Is the Easter Bunny in cahoots with the Tooth Fairy?
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thats funny you said that me and my fiance was just discussing how they could be in it 2gether, its a marketing thing!!
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The Easter Bunny (also known as the Spring Bunny in some parts of the United States) is a fantasy or mythological rabbit which leaves gifts for children at Easter (or at springtime). It originates in Western European cultures, where it is a hare rather than a rabbit.\n\nGerman Protestants wanted to retain the Catholic custom of eating colored eggs for Easter, but did not want to introduce their children to the Catholic rite of fasting. Eggs were forbidden to Catholics during the fast of Lent, which was the reason for the abundance of eggs at Easter time.\n\nThe idea of an egg-laying rabbit came to the United States in the 18th century. German immigrants in the Pennsylvania Dutch area told their children about the "Osterhase" (also: "Oschter Haws"). "Hase" means "hare", not rabbit, and in Northwest European folklore the "Easter Bunny" indeed is a hare, not a rabbit.\n\nOnly good children received gifts of colored eggs in the nests that they made in their caps and bonnets before Easter. Presumably, the Oschter Haws laid them when the children were not looking.\n\nA hundred years later Jakob Grimm wrote of long-standing similar myths in Germany itself. Noting many related landmarks and customs, Grimm suggested that these derived from legends of Ostara.\n\nEaster Hare\nThe Romans believed that all life proceeded from an egg, so the egg came to symbolize birth and rebirth. Christians regarded eggs as the seeds of life and attributed them with the symbol of Jesus' resurrection. \n\nThe rabbit was used in early Easter celebrations to symbolize fertility, perhaps because these animals give birth to multiple offspring at a time. Anglo-Saxon mythology says that Ostara changed her pet bird into a rabbit to entertain a group of children, and the rabbit laid brightly colored eggs for them. \n\nEaster was once celebrated by giving colored eggs to children and later evolved to hiding them in the grass, where they had supposedly been laid by a hare. Children referred to this Easter mascot as the "Easter Hare," which later became known as the "Easter Bunny."
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Oh wait for it.. the wacky fun loving christians will have to throw biblical lines here whether you want them or not, they can't help themselves.. How about leprechauns and the tooth fairy and pirates. I do believe in pirates. I tihnk.
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The hair is in the Easter section. You have to have a certain face for winking.
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Easter comes from a Babylonian celebration of Ishtar the goddess of fertility in mesopotamia. That is also where the bunny and eggs come from the idea of fertility new life etc... This was related to the Resurrection of Jesus when Consantine made Christianity the state religion in Rome (ca 300ad) and pagan holidays began being adopted by the church. So I don't really celebrate Easter I celebrate the Resurrection of my Lord. No baskets eggs or bunnies in my home. Just Jesus and He is all we need.
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I am not an attorney, but based upon the change from "Easter Vacation" to "Spring Break" and "Christmas Vacation" to "Winter Break" I would think it ill-advised to have much discussion about Easter in a publicly-funded school.  Because Easter is a Christian celebration of the Resurrection of Christ I don't know how that could be discussed in a school setting without offending non-Christian parents, atheists, and so on. \n\nPerhaps the Easter Bunny is a safe topic. The Easter bunny has its origin in pre-Christian fertility lore. The Hare and the Rabbit were the most fertile animals known and they served as symbols of the new life during the Spring season.\n \nThe bunny as an Easter symbol seems to have it's origins in Germany, where it was first mentioned in German writings in the 1500s. The first edible Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s. And were made of pastry and sugar.  http://www.holidays.net/easter/bunny1.htm\n\nThe Easter Bunny is not a religious figure so I would think you could discuss him. I do not think, however, that you can discuss the Easter egg, as it seems to have ties to Christianity.\nSee http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/8149/egg.html\n\nAltough, it depends upon which website you look at regarding colored eggs.  This site says, "Egyptians and Persians used to dye eggs in spring colors and give them to friends as a symbol of renewed life long before Christ was born." http://info.detnews.com/history/story/index.cfm?id=102&category=life\n\nI think I'd play it safe and have a celebration of the return of spring.  :-)
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Yeah, I prefer the "perfect rest" of Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny.  I like those imaginary creatures better than the baby-killing "God."
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Cute kid movie. Kirstie Alley is the Tooth Fairy.
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Actually he lives down the street and only comes out at night, I have also seen Santa Clause and the Easter Bunny there.  I'm told his best friend is a fairy or is it a fairy god mother?
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The cartoon character was a big snow monster, or something like that.  "I like bunny rabbits George.  I like to hug them, and pet them, and squeeze them."\n\nThis cartoon character was modeled after the movie character though.
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The Easter bunny is a symbol of fertility and rebirth, so I'm told. And a similar line of thought is also applied to the symbolism of Easter eggs. \n\nThe Easter bunny as an entity of itself does not exist, but it is a way to get kids interested in the holiday of Easter and as they get a little older (7+ or so), the real meaning of Easter can be introduced and comprehended by the child. \n\nI do have a vision of what I pictured the Easter bunny to look like when I was little, and it was something along the lines of the man in the Easter bunny costume that I saw at the mall. \n\nI have a lot of awesome Easter memories from my childhood. It did not hurt me to believe in both the Resurrection of Christ AND the Easter bunny. One I outgrew, the other is still with me. Happy Easter to you and your family!
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Here is all kinds of info about the Easter Bunny and Easter Eggs....\nhttp://001egreetings.com/1F/D/AB/index.shtml
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Neither, it's the Easter Bunny who brings both eggs and chicks.
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No I think that is just being a hypocirte. Can't be a christian and tell your kids there is a Santa claus, tooth fairy, easter bunny etc at the same time.
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There is a Paegan goddess of spring, named something that sounds sort of like Easter, and she is represented my the form of a rabbit that lays eggs.
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Yep another lost childrens classic and its spin off Chocky's Children.\nChocky was a represented by a green misty blob on the screen and used to communicate via telepathy.\n\nTV Cream says..\n\nADAPTED FROM the John Wyndham book nobody read, story of various "quiet" children who come into telepathic contact with a geometrically-shaped alien resembling those computer bits in The Demon Seed, and promising unlimited energy or something. Inevitably, nasy grown-ups wanted to exploit it. Adventures of varying quality ensued.\n\nApparently it says there was a 3rd Chocky show Chockys Challange but I don't remember that one?\n\nWow just checked Play.com £8.99 for the complete works\nhttp://www.play.com/Search.aspx?searchtype=allproducts&searchstring=chocky&page=search&pa=search
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MM-MM, Easter Bunny taste almost as good as bald eagle!