Easter Bunnies, Eggs & Hot Cross Buns

 Easter (N) 
The festival of the Christian Church celebrating the resurrection of Christ and held [in the Western Church] on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the northern spring equinox.

Easter has other links besides those for the Christian religions. It was first a pagan festival celebrating the beginning of spring, with the Goddess known as Ēastre having a rabbit as her symbol, hence the Easter Bunny. 

Similarly, the sharing of eggs was a common practice during spring celebrations, though they may not have been quite as colourful or made of chocolate. Perhaps the contemporary orgy of chocolate eating is more in keeping with the Pagan origins of Easter, as a festival of fertility, than with the Christian one.

Because rabbits are feral in Australia,
we now have the Easter Bilby;
 a burrowing marsupial with rabbit-like ears

it is believed that buns marked with a cross were eaten by Saxons in honour of the goddess Ēostre (the cross is thought to have symbolised the four quarters of the moon); 

Next time you eat a ‘hot cross bun’  you are eating a ‘moon bun’.  Wikipedia:

Have a happy Easter!

Adapted from a post written by http://richardmckie.net/