Happy Easter!!! Time for another holiday fun fact... just because I really, really love fun facts. "You know... the origins of Easter are pagan ." ::cue gasps, evil laughter, and lightning bolts:: You've all heard that comment, meant to snuff all joy out of this day, as though you'll suddenly stop eating all those chocolate bunnies... just because that one person disapproves. It's a horrible waste of their time, and to be honest, the answer to that comment is rather open-ended, anyway: "Maybe. Or maybe not." ::cue a single rain cloud above the head of the person that brought up the topic:: We honestly don't know. An obsure deity, Eostre is said to be an old Saxon goddess of the dawn, and of Spring. She's associated with renewal, and of course, with fertility. A goddess who is believed by many to have hares as attendants. The oldest reference to Eostre, the goddess that many people claim Easter celebrates, is a single
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