The Easter Bunny

Along with Easter Eggs, the Easter Bunny is one of the best known Easter symbols.

White Bunny Rabbit in Basket

The bunny as a symbol of Easter appears to have its origins in Germany in the 1500’s. The first edible bunnies were made in Germany around 1810. The Easter bunny was introduced to America in the late 1700’s and apart from Christmas, was the second most favourite time of the year for children.

Rabbits are reminder of spring and new life. They were the favourite animal of the spring goddess Eastre. In Australia, Easter is celebrated in the autumn.
In Australia, there has been a commercialised push to sell the Easter Bilby as an alternative to the Easter bunny. Many Australians prefer the Bilby as the symbol for Easter as it is native to Australia and also because of the fact that the rabbit has destroyed land, crops, vegetation and burrows of other native Australian species.

The Bilby is a type of small bandicoot and is an endangered species. The Bilby has long ears and silky fur and is an Australian mammal. It lives in grasslands or shrubland and searches at night for small insects, bulbs and fungi. The Bilby obtains sufficient water from its food, making drinking unnecessary. It sleeps during the day in a deep burrow with an entrance which is usually hidden by some grass or a shrub.


Easter Race

The Story of the Easter Bunny
Everyone knows that the Easter Bunny comes every year with a basket of painted eggs and chocolates. But who is the Easter Bunny, and what is his story? On a snow-cold day in a snug little house ... So begins the true story of the Easter Bunny.

The Easter Chicken
"Thanksgiving was over and Christmas had passed, but Easter, oh Easter was coming so fast. With no turkey leftovers and Rudolph retired, once again, once again, that Bunny was hired." Year after year the chicken dreams of being famous like the Easter Bunny. This year she decides that she will handle Easter alone. It's time for an Easter Chicken! Or is it? Can the chicken really replace the Easter Bunny?

Q. What do you get when you pour hot water down a rabbit hole?
A. A hot cross bunny

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