Why do we have eggs at Easter?

[robbie J]

Easter is a Christian festival. For Christians the custom of giving eggs at Easter celebrates new life. Christians remember that Jesus, after dying on the cross, rose from the dead. They believe that, through his resurrection, Jesus defeated death and sin and offers people the promise of eternal life if they follow his teachings.
The first eggs given at Easter were birds eggs. These eggs were painted in bright colours to give them further meaning as a gift. We still paint bird eggs today but usually only chicken eggs.
An Anglo-Saxon legend tells how the Saxon goddess Eostre found a wounded bird and transformed it into a hare, so that it could survive the Winter. The hare found it could lay eggs, so it decorated these each Spring and left them as offering to the goddess.
and over the centuries the hare became a rabbit!

[Rumiana As-Nova Alexander]

Happy Eastern Holydays to all my friends from warrior nation,starting with you Robbie J-admin.,Doug Kimsey,Lady Hawk,Willa Nyoka,Cherokee Angel aka Linda Angel,Edward Rowedda,SiNeh,Lady Boru an wonderful irish lady,creator to such beautiful song,music,history,the seven celtic nationa,Charlie aka wonderful craftsman,"Merlin"paiter,as thePhoenix,Sharikee,Selene,mrsDown to Earth,David White Hawk,Sabrina,Lady Orman-celtic herbal healer,James Robertson,Edmond Lonewolf Elder,Dee,Roman Korchev,Charles Joseph Cregg,Sharline aka white deer,I want to add ,that the first red egg was paintied and given to the Roman Emperor in Rome,by the secret spiritual wife+mother of his daughter Sarah from Jesus of Nazareth,as she was the first wise woman to repent her sins to the Son of God-Jesus=Emanueli.e.Godis with Us on Earth,as she became the Apostel of all Apostels and followed the Master to learn divinity ,Truth,Unconditional Love,Service to the Lord first and than to our own selfish ego desires.With the Eastern egg,evenstarted,as a pagan fiest,Mariamne from Magdala,wonted to show a modern day miracle to the evil Emperor,to prove the Resurection to immortal life,first the egg was white,than in the name of Jesus,she prayed the egg turn bright red,as the innesont blood of Jesus,sacrifising for our sins:Rumiana{Dove}is whishing you the Peace of Jesus,the remembarance of His and of his Cosmic Parents{God Jahveh Savaot Orion,Osiris,Vishnu,Shiva,Rama,Brahma,Sathya Sai Baba,Shiva of Shirdi=Allah,Gwyn al Nudd,Zeus, etc.+Goddess Mother Maria,Sirius,Daana Rianon,Brihgit,Isis,Lakshmi,Durga,Parvati,Radha,Sita,Sakti,Hera,!Blessings+Love

[Lady Boru]

Interesting--thank you!