Easter parades, Easter egg hunts, going to church and family dinners are all a part of today's easter holiday. Easter celebrates Jesus Christ’s resurrection, making it the most important of all Christian holy days. However, today the meaning of the holiday is buried by painted eggs and bunnies. Easter can fall anytime between March 22 and April 25 since is occurs the first Sunday following the full moon. Easter is also connected to the Jewish Passover in symbolism and it’s position in the calendar.
Now what about the rabbit and the eggs? Well the rabbit is a well know sexual symbol of fertility. Religions coupled with Babel link the rabbit with periodicity, both human and lunar. The Mother Goddess Semiramis (Easter) is connected with the moon. Therefore, the Easter bunny symbolizes the Mother Goddess and is associated with once a year Spring time fertility rituals worshiping the Mother Goddess.
Colored Easter eggs are a part of the festivities too that came from the egg which was a sanctified symbol among the Babylonians. The believed that a wondrous size egg fell from heaven into the Euphrates River from which the Goddess Semiramis was hatched.
Perhaps many of us are focused on the current activities and not thinking about the right meaning of this holiday other than the resurrection of Jesus Christ. It has become another retail holiday and very retail oriented. In spite of it all, it is a time for families to unite and celebrate the day.
Kids love Easter for the gifts, candy and most of all the egg hunting which could take on a life of it’s own. Family member that are separated by geography many times send Easter baskets to their family members. Grandparents send Filled Easter baskets for Kids to grandchildren. Daughter and sons send Family Easter Basket to parents and siblings far away. These Easter food baskets contain candy, plastic eggs filled with goodies, cheese, crackers, brunch items and more
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