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Originally Posted by Livia

I'll tell ya something interesting about the Spring Equinox... It's the Pagan festival of Oestra, named after the fertility goddess Oestra. Her symbols are eggs (obviously, for a fertility goddess) and Hares - because of the spring. Christians liked to nick Pagan festivals and put their own festivals on them - it's a power thing. So Oestra became Easter, and eggs are given... and the hare became the Easter Bunny. Interesting, eh? Oh, and the female hormone oestrogen is named after Oestra.

That's interesting, always thought Easter was of Pagan origin. Christmas borrows a few things from Paganism too I think.