Interesting Facts about Easter

I got curious about the Easter egg tradition and how eggs got involved at all since rabbits aren't known for their egg production. Here's what I found:  (This information came from Wikipedia)

• The tradition of the Easter Bunny was reported to have started in 1682 when a German doctor named  Georg Franck von Frankenau wrote an article about it which was literally titled "About Easter Eggs."
• It's thought that coloring eggs for Easter is done as a symbol of bringing spring into a home. However, on a slightly darker note, some members of the Eastern Orthodox church sometimes dye eggs red to commemorate the blood of Christ. Since eggs are also a fertility symbol maybe dying the eggs red is a symbol of the belief that Jesus Christ's blood brings new life.
• Eating eggs was forbidden in the Catholic church during Lent from as early as the 5th Century-which is why eggs were eaten more after Lent was over. 
• The Easter Bunny idea came from German immigrants who lived in the Pennsylvania Dutch area of the US and told their children the story of the Osterhase (Easter Hare) where only good children got eggs and gifts in their caps and bonnets on Easter. (This also explains the Easter bonnet tradition -I think.) 
• Finally, the word "Easter" seems to have a rather interesting start-apparently among other things it's related to the name "Eostre" - a European Goddess of the Dawn. The alternative is that the word "Eostre" means "opening." 

Now that you know a little bit more about Easter I hope that tomorrow "opens" a new season of happiness in your life! Happy Easter everyone!