Easter Sunday is the most well - attended Sunday Service of the year.

Easter is a Christian holiday intended to celebrate the resurrection of Jesus Christ on the third day after his crucifixion at Calvary,

as stated in the New Testament. Now, Easter is hands down my favorite holiday.

As a kid I used to wake up early, run downstairs, find that basket full of colored eggs and candy, and do all of this before my parents even woke up.

Now, today the origins of Easter, a lot like Christmas, are often overshadowed by modern traditions and mythology and commercialization.

Now it's all about dying eggs and huge baskets and scavenger hunts and people dressed up like rabbits.

So, why the Easter Bunny and why the eggs?

Most traditions are based on the welcoming of Spring.

Today 's Easter Bunny is representative of a much older, pre - Christian pagan tradition centered around Spring and fertility.

The rabbit was sacred to the mythic goddess of Spring, Eastre, which is where Easter takes its name.

Rabbits have frequent multiple births so they 've become a symbol of fertility.

As for the egg? Eggs are a symbol of rebirth and were often used in pagan spring celebrations.

Christians then adopted the egg symbolism to represent the rebirth of Jesus Christ.

The egg can also represent the tomb from which Christ arose.

Rumor has it as Christianity spread, they held on to some pagan Easter traditions to make it easier for people to convert to Christianity.

And, it's unclear why we dye eggs, but in ancient Egyptian, Greek and Roman Spring Festivals, they often gave them as gifts.