2006-12-05 13:04:18 · 5 answers · asked by sharkgirl 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
haha yeah I know it's the wrong time of year to be asking this. My son is just starting to learn about jesus (etc) which brought up the subject of Easter, and I couldn't answer his question!
2006-12-05 13:15:29 · update #1
http://www.infoplease.com/spot/easterintro1.html
It's easier to paste the link than to copy all the info, forgive me!
2006-12-05 13:07:54 · answer #1 · answered by N 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol...I'm glad you asked this...my daughter asked me the almost identical question a couple weeks ago during a conversation about how the whole Santa thing got started, which went on to how the Easter bunny got started, and I couldn't answer her either. I was hoping someone on here would know :)
2006-12-05 13:29:21 · answer #2 · answered by Patricia S 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It's old celtic beliefs.
The Christian Church tried to stop this kind of thing but nobody gave up the holiday, so they made the holiday a christian one!
One big celtic thing is the practice of eating cake for holidays. Christians hated this, too. So, they added a christian cross on the top of the cake. Hot Cross Buns! Christians love it, celtics love it.
2006-12-05 13:07:59 · answer #3 · answered by John K 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
this guestion should be about the easter time u r too far ahed into the future
2006-12-05 13:08:01 · answer #4 · answered by george p 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
go here to find a detailed description of easter's origins.
http://www.cgi.org/booklets/easter.cfm
2006-12-06 15:14:12 · answer #5 · answered by Thumbs down me now 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋