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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 15:53, 31 March 2024

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 15:52, 31 March 2024

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	== Traditions ==		== Traditions ==
	The egg is an ancient symbol of new life and rebirth.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=3 April 2021\|title=Easter Sunday 2021: Date, Significance, History, Facts, Easter Egg\|url=https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/easter-sunday-spiritual-significance/\|access-date=3 April 2021\|website=S A NEWS \|archive-date=3 April 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403192335/https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/easter-sunday-spiritual-significance/\|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Christianity]] it became associated with [[Jesus]]'s crucifixion and resurrection.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols\|title=Easter Symbols and Traditions – Holidays\|website=History.com\|access-date=27 April 2017\|archive-date=25 December 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225054738/http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols\|url-status=live}}</ref> The custom of the Easter egg originated in the early Christian community of [[Mesopotamia]], who stained eggs red in memory of the [[blood of Christ]], shed at his crucifixion.<ref name="SiemaszkiewiczDeyrup2013">{{cite book\|last1=Siemaszkiewicz\|first1=Wojciech\|last2=Deyrup\|first2=Marta Mestrovic\|title=Wallington's Polish Community \|date=2013 \|publisher=Arcadia Publishing\|isbn=978-1439643303\|page=101\|quote=The tradition of Easter eggs dates back to early Christians in Mesopotamia. The Easter egg is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, promising an eternal life for believers.}}<!--\|access-date=5 April 2015--></ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TinZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA558 \|title=Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 5 \|publisher=T.B. Noonan \|quote=The early Christians of Mesopotamia had the custom of dyeing and decorating eggs at Easter. They were stained red, in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion. The Church adopted the custom, and regarded the eggs as the emblem of the resurrection, as is evinced by the benediction of Pope Paul V., about 1610, which reads thus: 'Bless, O Lord! we beseech thee, this thy creature of eggs, that it may become a wholesome sustenance to thy faithful servants, eating it in thankfulness to thee on account of the resurrection of the Lord.' Thus the custom has come down from ages lost in antiquity. \|date=1881 \|access-date =24 April 2014\|archive-date =1 August 2020\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200801065711/https://books.google.com/books?id=TinZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA558\|url-status =live}}</ref> As such, for Christians, the Easter egg is a symbol of the [[empty tomb]].~~<ref name="tomb1" /><ref name="tomb2" />~~ The oldest tradition is to use dyed [[chicken egg]]s.		The egg is an ancient symbol of new life and rebirth.<ref>{{Cite web\|date=3 April 2021\|title=Easter Sunday 2021: Date, Significance, History, Facts, Easter Egg\|url=https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/easter-sunday-spiritual-significance/\|access-date=3 April 2021\|website=S A NEWS \|archive-date=3 April 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210403192335/https://news.jagatgururampalji.org/easter-sunday-spiritual-significance/\|url-status=live}}</ref> In [[Christianity]] it became associated with [[Jesus]]'s crucifixion and resurrection.<ref>{{Cite web\|url=http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols\|title=Easter Symbols and Traditions – Holidays\|website=History.com\|access-date=27 April 2017\|archive-date=25 December 2021\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211225054738/http://www.history.com/topics/holidays/easter-symbols\|url-status=live}}</ref> The custom of the Easter egg originated in the early Christian community of [[Mesopotamia]], who stained eggs red in memory of the [[blood of Christ]], shed at his crucifixion.<ref name="SiemaszkiewiczDeyrup2013">{{cite book\|last1=Siemaszkiewicz\|first1=Wojciech\|last2=Deyrup\|first2=Marta Mestrovic\|title=Wallington's Polish Community \|date=2013 \|publisher=Arcadia Publishing\|isbn=978-1439643303\|page=101\|quote=The tradition of Easter eggs dates back to early Christians in Mesopotamia. The Easter egg is a reminder that Jesus rose from the grave, promising an eternal life for believers.}}<!--\|access-date=5 April 2015--></ref><ref>{{cite book \|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TinZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA558 \|title=Donahoe's Magazine, Volume 5 \|publisher=T.B. Noonan \|quote=The early Christians of Mesopotamia had the custom of dyeing and decorating eggs at Easter. They were stained red, in memory of the blood of Christ, shed at His crucifixion. The Church adopted the custom, and regarded the eggs as the emblem of the resurrection, as is evinced by the benediction of Pope Paul V., about 1610, which reads thus: 'Bless, O Lord! we beseech thee, this thy creature of eggs, that it may become a wholesome sustenance to thy faithful servants, eating it in thankfulness to thee on account of the resurrection of the Lord.' Thus the custom has come down from ages lost in antiquity. \|date=1881 \|access-date =24 April 2014\|archive-date =1 August 2020\|archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20200801065711/https://books.google.com/books?id=TinZAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA558\|url-status =live}}</ref> As such, for Christians, the Easter egg is a symbol of the [[empty tomb]]. The oldest tradition is to use dyed [[chicken egg]]s.

	In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] Easter eggs are blessed by a priest<ref name="GBN">{{Cite book \|date=2000 \|publication-date=2000 \|title=The Great Book of Needs: Expanded and Supplemented (Volume 2): The Sanctification of the Temple and other Ecclesiastical and Liturgical Blessings \|pages=337 \|place=[[South Canaan Township, Pennsylvania\|South Canaan, Pennsylvania]] \|publisher=Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press \|isbn=1-878997-56-4 \|url=https://stmpress.com/collections/service-books-1/products/the-great-book-of-needs-volume-2 \|access-date=5 May 2021 \|archive-date=16 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116154319/https://stmpress.com/collections/service-books-1/products/the-great-book-of-needs-volume-2 \|url-status=live }}</ref> both in families' baskets together with other foods forbidden during [[Great Lent]] and alone for distribution or in church or elsewhere.		In the [[Eastern Orthodox Church]] Easter eggs are blessed by a priest<ref name="GBN">{{Cite book \|date=2000 \|publication-date=2000 \|title=The Great Book of Needs: Expanded and Supplemented (Volume 2): The Sanctification of the Temple and other Ecclesiastical and Liturgical Blessings \|pages=337 \|place=[[South Canaan Township, Pennsylvania\|South Canaan, Pennsylvania]] \|publisher=Saint Tikhon's Seminary Press \|isbn=1-878997-56-4 \|url=https://stmpress.com/collections/service-books-1/products/the-great-book-of-needs-volume-2 \|access-date=5 May 2021 \|archive-date=16 January 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210116154319/https://stmpress.com/collections/service-books-1/products/the-great-book-of-needs-volume-2 \|url-status=live }}</ref> both in families' baskets together with other foods forbidden during [[Great Lent]] and alone for distribution or in church or elsewhere.
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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 15:50, 31 March 2024

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	Muslims come together with family, friends, and neighbors to celebrate the joyous occasion.		Muslims come together with family, friends, and neighbors to celebrate the joyous occasion.
	Sharing meals, exchanging greetings, and expressing gratitude fosters a sense of unity, togetherness, and [[love]] within the Muslim community.		Sharing meals, exchanging greetings, and expressing gratitude fosters a sense of unity, togetherness, and [[love]] within the Muslim community.

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	==== Modern customs ====		==== Modern customs ====
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	Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>		Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>








	=== For Children===		=== For Children===
	In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>








	===Liturgical===		===Liturgical===
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	* [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/easter/eastercalculator.htm A Perpetual Easter and Passover Calculator] Julian and Gregorian Easter for any year plus other info		* [http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gent0113/easter/eastercalculator.htm A Perpetual Easter and Passover Calculator] Julian and Gregorian Easter for any year plus other info
	* [http://www.noeticspace.com/paschalion Orthodox Paschal Calculator] Julian Easter and associated festivals in Gregorian calendar 1583–4099		* [http://www.noeticspace.com/paschalion Orthodox Paschal Calculator] Julian Easter and associated festivals in Gregorian calendar 1583–4099


	==Celebration of the feast==		==Celebration of the feast==
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	This new day is conveyed to the faithful in the length of the paschal services, in the repetition of the paschal order for all the services of [[Bright Week]], and in the special paschal features retained in the services for the forty days until Ascension. Forty days are, as it were, treated as one day.		This new day is conveyed to the faithful in the length of the paschal services, in the repetition of the paschal order for all the services of [[Bright Week]], and in the special paschal features retained in the services for the forty days until Ascension. Forty days are, as it were, treated as one day.






	==Easter Bunny==		==Easter Bunny==
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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹: /* The Term Easter */

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The Term Easter

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	The origin of the term ''Easter'' comes from the Germanic [[name]] for the month in which the Christian feast usually fell, and so, just as the [[American]] civic holiday of the Fourth of July has nothing to do with Julius [[Caesar]] for whom July was named, neither does Easter have anything to do with the pagan goddess Eostre, the namesake of the month in which it fell. This potential difficulty only exists for speakers of Germanic languages, however. Most languages in the world use a cognate form of the Greek term ''Pascha'' and so are free of any pagan connotations for the name of the feast.		The origin of the term ''Easter'' comes from the Germanic [[name]] for the month in which the Christian feast usually fell, and so, just as the [[American]] civic holiday of the Fourth of July has nothing to do with Julius [[Caesar]] for whom July was named, neither does Easter have anything to do with the pagan goddess Eostre, the namesake of the month in which it fell. This potential difficulty only exists for speakers of Germanic languages, however. Most languages in the world use a cognate form of the Greek term ''Pascha'' and so are free of any pagan connotations for the name of the feast.

	According to [[Bede]], writing in ''De Tempore Rationum'' ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months," the word is derived from Eostre, a festival. Bede connects it with an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called ''Eostur-monath'', was dedicated. The connection is often assumed, without quoting Bede himself~~, who says,~~		According to [[Bede]], writing in ''De Tempore Rationum'' ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months," the word is derived from Eostre, a festival. Bede connects it with an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called ''Eostur-monath'', was dedicated. The connection is often assumed, without quoting Bede himself.

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹: /* Easter in Islam */

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Easter in Islam

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	====Easter in Islam====		====Easter in Islam====
			Unlike [[jews]], Muslims celebrate the life of Jesus Christ.
	Easter in [[Islam]] is marked by a variety of practices and rituals that hold deep significance within the Islamic faith. These observances provide Muslims with opportunities for [[spiritual]] reflection, community engagement, and acts of devotion. Let’s delve into the various practices and rituals observed during Easter in Islam, exploring their significance and their relation to Islamic teachings.		Easter in [[Islam]] is marked by a variety of practices and rituals that hold deep significance within the Islamic faith. These observances provide Muslims with opportunities for [[spiritual]] reflection, community engagement, and acts of devotion. Let’s delve into the various practices and rituals observed during Easter in Islam, exploring their significance and their relation to Islamic teachings.

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	Muslims come together with family, friends, and neighbors to celebrate the joyous occasion.		Muslims come together with family, friends, and neighbors to celebrate the joyous occasion.
	Sharing meals, exchanging greetings, and expressing gratitude fosters a sense of unity, togetherness, and [[love]] within the Muslim community.		Sharing meals, exchanging greetings, and expressing gratitude fosters a sense of unity, togetherness, and [[love]] within the Muslim community.

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	==== Modern customs ====		==== Modern customs ====

𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 15:43, 31 March 2024

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 Easter eggs are a widely popular symbol of new life among the Eastern Orthodox but also in folk traditions in Slavic countries and elsewhere. A batik-like decorating process known as pisanka produces intricate, brilliantly colored eggs. The celebrated [[House of Fabergé]] workshops created exquisite jewelled Easter eggs for the Russian Imperial family from 1885 to 1916.<ref>{{cite book|last1=von Solodkoff|first1=A.|title=Masterpieces from the House of Fabergé|date=1989|publisher=Abradale Press|isbn=978-0810980891}}</ref>
 ==== Modern customs ====
 A modern custom in the [[Western world]] is to substitute decorated chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jellybeans; as many people give up candy (sweets) as their Lenten sacrifice, individuals indulge in them at Easter after having abstained during the preceding forty days of [[Lent]].<ref name="Shoda2014">{{cite book |last=Shoda |first=Richard W. |title=Saint Alphonsus: Capuchins, Closures, and Continuity (1956–2011) |date=2014 |publisher=Dorrance Publishing |isbn=978-1-4349-2948-8 |page=128 }}</ref>
 Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market |url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 |access-date=21 May 2019 |work=Birmingham Mail |archive-date=9 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]|agency=The Independent|date=4 April 2017|access-date=21 May 2019|archive-date=2 July 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web|title=Easter Egg Roll|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll|access-date=10 April 2014|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/|via=[[NARA|National Archives]]|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>
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 According to [[Bede]], writing in ''De Tempore Rationum'' ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months," the word is derived from Eostre, a festival. Bede connects it with an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called ''Eostur-monath'', was dedicated. The connection is often assumed, without quoting Bede himself, who says,

𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 08:42, 31 March 2024

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	According to [[Bede]], writing in ''De Tempore Rationum'' ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months," the word is derived from Eostre, a festival. Bede connects it with an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called ''Eostur-monath'', was dedicated. The connection is often assumed, without quoting Bede himself, who says,		According to [[Bede]], writing in ''De Tempore Rationum'' ("On the Reckoning of Time"), Ch. xv, "The English months," the word is derived from Eostre, a festival. Bede connects it with an Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring, to whom the month answering to our April, and called ''Eostur-monath'', was dedicated. The connection is often assumed, without quoting Bede himself, who says,

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹 at 08:39, 31 March 2024

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	'''Easter''', is the feast of the '''[[Resurrection]] of the [[Jesus Christ\|Lord]]'''. ''Pascha'' is a transliteration of the Aramaic ''pascha'', from the Hebrew ''pesach'' [[meaning]] ''[[Passover]]''. A [[minority]] of English-speaking Orthodox prefer the English word "Pasch."		'''Easter''', is the feast of the '''[[Resurrection]] of the [[Jesus Christ\|Lord]]'''. ''Pascha'' is a transliteration of the Aramaic ''pascha'', from the Hebrew ''pesach'' [[meaning]] ''[[Passover]]''. A [[minority]] of English-speaking Orthodox prefer the English word "Pasch."

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	Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>		Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

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	In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>

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	This new day is conveyed to the faithful in the length of the paschal services, in the repetition of the paschal order for all the services of [[Bright Week]], and in the special paschal features retained in the services for the forty days until Ascension. Forty days are, as it were, treated as one day.		This new day is conveyed to the faithful in the length of the paschal services, in the repetition of the paschal order for all the services of [[Bright Week]], and in the special paschal features retained in the services for the forty days until Ascension. Forty days are, as it were, treated as one day.

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹: /* Modern customs */

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	==== Modern customs ====		==== Modern customs ====
	A modern custom in the [[Western world]] is to substitute decorated chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jellybeans; as many people give up candy (sweets) as their Lenten sacrifice, individuals indulge in them at Easter after having abstained during the preceding forty days of [[Lent]].<ref name="Shoda2014">{{cite book \|last=Shoda \|first=Richard W. \|title=Saint Alphonsus: Capuchins, Closures, and Continuity (1956–2011) \|date=2014 \|publisher=Dorrance Publishing \|isbn=978-1-4349-2948-8 \|page=128 }}</ref>		A modern custom in the [[Western world]] is to substitute decorated chocolate, or plastic eggs filled with candy such as jellybeans; as many people give up candy (sweets) as their Lenten sacrifice, individuals indulge in them at Easter after having abstained during the preceding forty days of [[Lent]].<ref name="Shoda2014">{{cite book \|last=Shoda \|first=Richard W. \|title=Saint Alphonsus: Capuchins, Closures, and Continuity (1956–2011) \|date=2014 \|publisher=Dorrance Publishing \|isbn=978-1-4349-2948-8 \|page=128 }}</ref>
	~~<gallery widths="300px" heights="200px">~~
	~~File:Easter eggs - straw decoration.jpg\|Easter eggs, a symbol of the [[empty tomb]], are a popular cultural symbol of Easter.<ref name="Jordan2000"/>~~
	~~File:Candy eggs in an Easter basket.JPG\|Marshmallow rabbits, candy eggs and other treats in an Easter basket~~
	~~File:Easter-egg-3195.jpg\|An Easter egg decorated with the [[Easter Bunny]]~~
	~~</gallery>~~

	Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>		Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

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𝗔𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗹: /* = For Children */

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= For Children

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	Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>		Manufacturing their first Easter egg in 1875, British chocolate company Cadbury sponsors the annual egg hunt which takes place in over 250 National [[Trust]] locations in the [[United Kingdom]].<ref>{{cite news \|title=Amazing archive images show how Cadbury cracked Easter egg market \|url=https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|access-date=21 May 2019 \|work=Birmingham Mail \|archive-date=9 August 2020 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809002239/https://www.birminghammail.co.uk/news/nostalgia/easter-2015-amazing-archive-images-8963621 \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|title=Cadbury and National Trust accused of 'airbrushing faith' by Church of England for dropping 'Easter' from egg hunt\|website=[[Independent.co.uk]]\|agency=The Independent\|date=4 April 2017\|access-date=21 May 2019\|archive-date=2 July 2019\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702052007/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/business/news/cadbury-national-trust-church-england-airbrush-faith-easter-egg-hunt-remove-christianity-holiday-a7665436.html\|url-status=live}}</ref> On Easter Monday, the President of the [[United States]] holds an annual [[Easter egg roll]] on the [[White House]] lawn for young children.<ref>{{cite web\|title=Easter Egg Roll\|url=https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll\|access-date=10 April 2014\|url-status=live\|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120193618/https://trumpwhitehouse.archives.gov/eastereggroll/\|via=[[NARA\|National Archives]]\|work=[[whitehouse.gov]]\|archive-date=20 January 2021}}</ref>

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	In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>		In some traditions, the children put out their empty baskets for the Easter bunny to fill while they sleep. They wake to find their baskets filled with candy eggs and other treats.<ref name="Anderson2017">{{cite news \|last=Anderson \|first=Emma \|title=Easter in Germany: The very deutsch origins of the Easter Bunny \|url=https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=The Local Germany \|date=10 April 2017 \|archive-date=23 November 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211123035016/https://www.thelocal.de/20170410/made-in-germany-the-very-deutsch-origins-of-the-easter-bunny/ \|url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Sifferlin2015">{{cite news \|last=Sifferlin \|first=Alexandra \|title=What's the Origin of the Easter Bunny? \|url=https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history \|magazine=[[Time (magazine)\|Time]] \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|date=21 February 2020 \|orig-year=2015 \|archive-date=22 October 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022112913/https://time.com/3767518/easter-bunny-origins-history/ \|url-status=live }}</ref> A custom originating in [[Germany]],<ref name="Anderson2017" /> the [[Easter Bunny]] is a popular legendary [[Anthropomorphism\|anthropomorphic]] Easter gift-giving character analogous to [[Santa Claus]] in American [[culture]]. Many children around the world follow the tradition of coloring hard-boiled eggs and giving baskets of candy.<ref name="Sifferlin2015" /> Historically, foxes, cranes and storks were also sometimes named as the mystical creatures. Since the rabbit is a pest in Australia, the Easter Bilby is available as an alternative.<ref>{{cite news \|last=Conroy \|first=Gemma \|title=10 Reasons Australians Should Celebrate Bilbies, not Bunnies, This Easter \|url=https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|access-date=4 April 2021 \|work=Australian Geographic \|date=13 April 2017 \|archive-date=18 July 2021 \|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210718202300/https://www.australiangeographic.com.au/topics/wildlife/2017/04/10-reasons-australians-should-celebrate-bilbies-not-bunnies-this-easter/ \|url-status=live }}</ref>