Easter isn’t just for kids anymore. If you’ve outgrown the dyed eggs, marshmallow chicks and chocolate bunnies then we’ve got the perfect cure. All throughout Europe Easter is a time for celebration. From it’s pagan roots as a celebration of the coming of spring, the signal of fertility and the raising of the crops, Easter becomes a time for single men and women to let their feelings show.

So many holidays have become so commercialized in the modern day that we’ve lost the story of where it all started. For Christians throughout the world Easter is the celebration of the life and resurrection of Christ. But where do bunnies and chocolate and egg hunts come in? Before the coming of Christ, Easter was originally a pagan celebration. The ancient Saxons celebrated the return of spring with an uproarious festival commemorating their goddess of offering and of springtime, Eastre. This ancient goddess was worshipped through her earthly symbol, the rabbit. Hence, the Easter Bunny.

Easter was converted to Chritianity at the same time as the pagans who celebrated the festival. The time of Easter happened to fall on the same time as the Christian observance of the resurrection of Christ, so that the pagan feasts were to be celebrated in a Christian manner.

As the word spread throughout ancient Europe, each region adopted it’s own means of celebration, based on their own cultures and traditions. We’ve got the Top 10 most unusual way of celebrating the coming of Spring.

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