Happy Easter

Official Eggs-emption for a Happy Easter

During the time of COVID-19 lockdowns here in Western Australia, we were lucky that our then Premier gave the Easter Bunny and eggs-emption to travel and deliver Easter Eggs across the State to ensure a Happy Easter (because the Easter Bunny is an essential service, obviously).

Which made me think…. how did a rabbit distributing eggs become a part of Easter celebrations?

Easter Bunny: from Pagan ritual to Christian celebration

There may be several reasons it is associated with Easter, all of which come through pagan celebrations or beliefs. The most obvious is the hare’s/rabbit’s fertility.  Easter comes during spring and celebrates new life, while Christians celebrate new life with the resurrection, and they have now since merged.

The hare is also an ancient symbol for the moon. The date of Easter depends on the moon. This may have helped the hare to be absorbed into Easter celebrations.

Originally children made nests for the rabbit in hats, bonnets, or fancy paper boxes. Once the children finished their nests, they put them in a secluded spot for the rabbit to fill. The appealing nests full of coloured eggs probably helped the customs to spread.

Easter Egg: Symbol of fertility and renewed life

Many Ancient cultures viewed eggs as a symbol of life. Hindus, Egyptians, Persians, and Phoenicians believed the world begun with an enormous egg. The Persians, Greeks, and Chinese gave gifts of eggs during spring festivals in celebration of new life all around them. Other sources say people ate dyed eggs at spring festivals in Egypt, Persia, Greece, and Rome.  In ancient Druid lore, the eggs of serpents were sacred and stood for life.

It is possible that early Christians looked at the connection eggs had to life and decided eggs could be a part of their celebration of Christ’s resurrection. In addition, in some areas, eggs were forbidden during Lent; therefore, they were a delicacy at Easter.

Give your Beaded Jewellery new life!

Now is a great time to sort through the jewellery box (or bedside drawer), wherever you have stored your outdated or broken pieces of beaded jewellery. Reconnect to the cherished memories of these pieces. Contact me to remodel or repair them and give them a new energy and breath new life into your beaded jewellery designs

Safe & Happy Easter

However, you usually celebrate this time, I hope you get to spend it with loved ones and have a safe and happy Easter.