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Easter Egg Hunt Brings Families Together
By Audrey Sneddon

Throughout western civilization, the Easter holiday brings with it a tradition of the Easter egg hunt, which has no history of the religious meanings of the holiday. It is often considered a method of bringing a family, a community or neighborhood together to take part in one of the oldest traditions of the spring season.

Traditions show that families will color eggs the day before Easter and that night the Easter bunny will sneak into the house and hide the brightly colored eggs either throughout the house or on the adjacent grounds. Sunday morning, the children participate in an Easter egg hunt to try and round up all the hidden eggs, placing them in a basket to be consumed with the traditional Easter feast.

The Easter bunny and eggs are traditionally viewed as a symbol of fertility, related to the rebirth and re-growth seen during the vernal equinox, and celebrated as part of the Easter holiday. It is mostly an American tradition of hiding hard-boiled eggs for the children to find, or plastic eggs filled with candy or money, leading to the Easter Sunday Easter egg hunt.

History Of Coloring Eggs Is Shaded

When the first Easter eggs were colored is not clear however it is believed to have begun with the ancient Greeks, who died the eggs red to symbolize the color blood as a new beginning, and later the blood of Christ. Green was later used to symbolize new growth and still later, a rainbow of colors, with the rainbow also symbolizing fresh growth. Some may believe that the colored eggs are easier to find during the Easter egg hunt.

The original hunt for eggs by individual households grew to encompass entire families to bring them all together for the holiday. In some communities, an Easter egg hunt is held for all the children living in an entire neighborhood and some social organizations may sponsor an Easter egg hunt for all of the children in an entire town, in which entire communities participate by helping to provide treats for the children.

Many local traditions claim that the Easter bunny will bring baskets of candy and colored eggs to good children in a house and in repayment, the children leave carrots for the rabbit. However, many time no eggs are left in the basket, rather they are hidden throughout the home sparking the need for the Easter egg hunt.

Author Details:
Audrey Sneddon writes for various web sites on a wide variety of subjects including Easter, and other holidays.

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