I'm a Buddhist Jew. Officially. It makes no sense, and perfect sense at the same time. That's why its Buddhist. and, as cosners said, it is the only way to be "passively kickass".
The original Easter Bunny myth comes from a pagan holiday which was celebrated on the Vernal Equinox. According to Pagan legend, Ostara, the goddess of spring, turned a bird into a rabbit. The rabbit was supposedly able to fly as fast as the bird could fly, but it was still disappointed that it was a rabbit and not a bird. Ostara had pity on the creature, and one day out of every year, on the Vernal Equinox, she allowed the rabbit to lay eggs like a bird. Due to the proximity of Easter and the Vernal Equinox, converted pagans continued to associate the myth with their new holiday, and the idea has been passed down ever since.
That's not for real though! Duh!!
I learned the other day in ethics/religion class that bunnies and eggs represent new life and that since Easter is in spring and spring is the time when everything comes back to life the catholic church decided to associate bunnies and eggs with Easter.
Wow, I sound like a total smart ass,
please don't hate me! **makes puppy eyes**
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