EASTER - A LITTLE BACKGROUND

 It's pretty much common knowledge that Easter is a Christian celebration of Christ's rising, but this holiday also has pagan origins. Where did the colored eggs, cute little bunnies, baby chicks, leg of lamb dinners, and lilies come from? They are all symbols of rebirth and the lamb was a traditional religious sacrifice.

Easter falls in the spring, the yearly time of renewal, when the earth renews itself after a long, cold winter. The word Easter comes to us from the Norsemen's Eostur, Ostar, and the pagan goddess Eostre, all of which involve the season of the growing sun and new birth. The Easter Bunny arose originally as a symbol of fertility, due to the rapid reproduction habits of the hare and rabbit.   An Anglo-Saxon legend tells how the Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the winter. The hare found it could lay eggs, so it decorated these each Spring and left them as offering to the goddess.

Three recipes for you to make those wonderful chocolate eggs and offer them for your favorite god or goddess!

Chocolate coveredd easter eggs can be found at:  http://www.playacommunity.com/index.php/panama-life/recipies/chocolate-covered-easter-eggs-201104214160/

peanut butter easter eggs at:  http://www.playacommunity.com/index.php/panama-life/recipies/peanut-butter-easter-eggs-201104214159/

Easter egg dipper treats  at:  http://www.playacommunity.com/index.php/panama-life/recipies/easter-egg-dipper-treats-201104214157/