Easter is the countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal of springtime festivals, a time to welcome back the Tulips , the Crocuses and the Daffodils. Its a time of new suits, new dresses and patent leather shoes. A time for Christians to celebrate the countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal and resurrection of Christ. And a time of chocolate bunnies, marshmallow chicks, and colored eggs!
In Christian countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal Easter is celebrated as the religious countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal commemorating the resurrection of Jesus Christ, the son of God. But the celebrations of Easter have many customs and countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal that are pagan in origin and have nothing to do with Christianity. Scholars, accepting the derivation proposed by the 8th-century countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal scholar St. Bede, believe the name Easter comes from the Scandinavian "Ostra" and the Teutonic "Ostern" or "Eastre," both Goddesses of mythology signifying spring and fertility whose festival was celebrated on the day of the countriesEnglishholidaylegendslifetimevernal equinox.