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HAPPYEASTERReligionTheEasterBunnyEgghuntingEggrollingNewclothesRELIGIONRThewordEasterisnamedafterEastre,theAnglo-Saxongoddessofspring.Afestivalwasheldinherhonoreveryyearatthevernalequinox.Peoplecelebratetheholidayaccordingtotheirbeliefsandtheirreligiousdenominations.ChristianscommemorateGoodFridayasthedaythatJesusChristdiedandEasterSundayasthedaythatHewasresurrected.THEEASTERBUNNYTHEEASTERBUNNYTheEasterBunnyisamythicalcharacterdepictedasarabbit.Inlegend,thecreaturebringsbasketsfilledwithcoloredeggs,candyandtoystothehomesofchildrenonthenightbeforeEaster.TheEasterBunnywilleitherputthebasketsinadesignatedplaceorhidethemsomewhereinthehouseforthechildrentofindwhentheywakeupinthemorning.EGGHUNTINGEGGHUNTINGOnEasterSundaychildrenwakeuptofindthattheEasterBunnyhasleftthembasketsofcandy.Hehasalsohiddentheeggsthattheydecoratedearlierthatweek.Childrenhuntfortheeggsallaroundthehouse.NeighborhoodsandorganizationsholdEasteregghunts,andthechildwhofindsthemosteggswinsaprize.EGGROLLINGEGGROLLINGIn1880,theFirstLadyinvitedchildrentotheWhiteHousefortheEggRollbecauseofficialshadcomplainedthattheywereruiningtheCapitollawn.Ithasbeenheldthereeversincethen,onlycanceledduringtimesofwar.Theeventhasgrown,andtodayEasterMondayistheonlydayoftheyearwhentouristsareallowedtowanderovertheWhiteHouselawn.ThewifeofthePresidentsponsorsitforthechildrenoftheentirecountry.Theeggrollingeventisopentochildrentwelveyearsoldandunder.NEWCLOTHESNEWCLOTHESThenewclotheswornonEasterSundayareasymbolofnewlife.ThecustomcomesfromthebaptismonEasterSundayofearlyChristianswhowereledintochurchwearingnewrobesofwhitelinen.THANKYOU