What is the Easter Egg? / myLot

India

April 4, 2010 4:55am CST

Though I am brought up in a Christian family, i don't know anything about the easter egg and its origin. It is not written in the Bible and it is not a practice in our church. So if you know it, please explain it to me, i will be very grateful.

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Vikkyd

@Vikkyd (198)

• Finland

4 Apr 10

From Wikipedia: The egg was a symbol of the rebirth of the earth in celebrations of spring and was adopted by early christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Jesus..... So yeah, it isn't originally a christian thing... And nowadays it's become more of a commercial thing rather than some chirstian symbol in my opinion...

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Ptrikha_2

@ptrikha_2 (45467)

• India

19 Mar 13

This is everywhere. Festivals like Christmas, Deepavali, even Valentine's day become more and more commercial. Many of us even forget the true significance of these festivals.

Ravenladyj

@Ravenladyj (22904)

• United States

5 Apr 10

since Easter is ACTUALLY (or originally I should say) a PAGAN holiday..both the Egg and the Rabbit come from the Pagan celebrations...They represent fertility and rebirth of the Earth, the animal kingdom and so on..

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benny128

@benny128 (3615)

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4 Apr 10

I think the easter egg same as the easter bunny is more symbolism for new life ie because its the start of spring. I am not religious so the religious implications of easter doesn't really mean a lot to me but thats what I think the easter egg is all about

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