When it comes to a lot of Christian holidays, it doesn’t take much digging to uncover pretty obvious remnants of the pagan festivals they replaced still lingering in the ways we celebrate today. The ...

BLACKSBURG, Va. (WFXR) – A local expert from Virginia Tech dives into the history behind the modern symbols of easter, especially with the bunny and colored eggs. Easter is known for its bunny symbols ...

Who isn’t familiar with the origins of Bugs, Thumper and Peter Cottontail? These famous bunnies may not be real, but they’re well-known characters from childhood cartoons and literature. But when it ...

• Easter in the United States is widely associated with bunnies, candy, and flowers. • Many of those symbols have ancient origins. • But the idea that Easter's name derives from a pagan goddess is ...

Hundreds of thousands of people in the Triangle will celebrate Easter this weekend. Many of them will mark the holiday with traditional Easter eggs and bunnies. But what do those things have to do ...

You know them: the fluffy bunnies, fancy bonnets, lemony Peeps, baskets filled with chocolates. And Easter is that, certainly. But there is more. In keeping with the sacred origin of the observance, ...

Nothing against Peter Rabbit or his creator, British author Beatrix Potter, but he and his doppleganger the Easter bunny have nothing to do with the true meaning of Easter. Neither do Easter baskets, ...

Have you ever wondered how the legend of the Easter Bunny started? The English name for Easter comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess called Eastre. She represented light and Spring. Days become longer ...

While there isn’t any historical documentation that explains how a rabbit became the “furry” face of Easter, the most obvious connection may be the calendar. April showers not only bring spring ...