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The Easter Egg

As with the Easter Bunny and the holiday itself, the

Easter Egg predates the Christian holiday of Easter. The

exchange of eggs in the springtime is a custom that was

centuries old when Easter was first celebrated by

The Easter Bunny Christians.

The Easter Bunny is not a modern

invention. The symbol originated with the

The date of Easter

pagan festival of Eastre. The goddess,

Prior to A.D. 325, Easter was variously celebrated

Eastre, was worshipped by the Anglo-

on different days of the week, including Friday, Saturday,

Saxons through her earthly symbol, the

and Sunday. In that year, the Council of Nicaea was

rabbit.

convened by emperor Constantine. 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.

However, a caveat must be introduced here. The "full moon" in the

rule is the ecclesiastical full moon, which is defined as the

fourteenth

day of a tabular lunation, where day 1 corresponds to the

ecclesiastical New Moon. It does not always occur on the

same

date as the astronomical full moon. The ecclesiastical

"vernal equinox" is always on March 21. Therefore, Easter

must be celebrated on a Sunday between the