By Richard Teahon
For many of us Easter is a time when the Easter Bunny arrives and hides Easter eggs in our house. Very often, our families buy Easter eggs for us, and we all have a lovely time munching on big chocolate eggs. Sometimes these eggs are so big, they are as big as our heads!
Easter, did not start when the Easter Bunny came along with a basket full of eggs and clues. Easter is a Christian festival. This means that within the Christian religion or faith, there is a festival called Easter.
People who belong to the Christian faith, are called Christians, and many Christians believe that a man called Jesus Christ was the son of God. Jesus Christ’s beliefs on how people should be and behave were not shared by the Roman Empire. An empire is when land and people are ruled over by another person or country. The Roman Empire began in Rome, which is now the capital city of Italy. It conquered many lands through fighting. After the land was taken over, it became part of the Roman Empire, and the land and the people would have to do as the Roman Empire wanted, and have the same beliefs. As the Roman Empire did not like Jesus Christ’s beliefs, which were now shared by many people in many lands, they executed him by nailing him to a wooden cross and leaving him to die.
However, many Christians believe that he was brought back to life by God, and this is what the Easter festival celebrates. Very often, the time when Jesus Christ was brought back to life is known as the resurrection. This has all been written down in the New Testament section of the Bible.
As we know the Easter Bunny brings us lots of chocolate if we have been good. He was first seen in Germany in the 1600s, and like Father Christmas or Santa Claus, gave out presents of chocolate eggs to children that have been good. So make sure that you are.
In the 1800s, Easter Bunny went to America as well as Germany, and now he goes all over the world giving out chocolate eggs to all the children that have been good.
When an egg hatches, whatever is inside the egg is born. This new life is what an Easter egg represents. So we give each other chocolate eggs to celebrate the belief of the Christian faith that Jesus Christ received a new life from God when he was resurrected..