Gift Easter Baskets
Does Anyone Know Where The Legend Of The Easter Bunny Came From?
This whole bit with the Easter Bunny leaving gift baskets... when did they turn Easter into a mini-Christmas?
There is a Pagan story about a hare wanting to give to the Goddess the first egg of the spring as a gift to honour Her.
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Easter Basket Egg Print Bags $2.95 Wrap your Baskets with Easter Style! The Cellophane Basket Bags are the perfect wrapping for your Easter party baskets. A great addition to any Easter or gift basket. A dozen basket wrap bags per package. 17 1/2" tall and 10" wide. Easter egg print on bags. Give your guests Easter baskets filled with fun! Don't let any Easter party guest leave empty handed, give out Easter baskets and goody bags to all your party guests. Easter baskets and bags also make great raffle prizes and give a ways at your event. Fill Easter baskets with favors and gifts to make it a prize that every guest will want. Shop By Category > Supplies > Gift Bags Part of Holidays > Easter > Easter Baskets & Bags |
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Easter $14.3 A nonfiction picture book that explains the Easter holiday from pagan, biblical, and modern perspectives. Also described is the origin of the legend of the Easter Bunny as well as the symbolism of decorating eggs and Easter baskets. Watercolor illustrations accompany the text. |
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12/15oz Easter Gummi Bunnies: GR $29.34 Easter gummi bunnies can be used for decorations or added to gift baskets. Each case consists of twelve, fifteen ounce bags. |
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Children Collecting Easter Eggs Into Their Baskets. Ca.1930S $79.99 Children Collecting Easter Eggs Into Their Baskets. Ca.1930S - Premium Photographic Print |
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New Pink Nesting Basket Baskets Easter Baby Shower Gift Bathroom Stackable $11.99 |
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9 packs Purple Easter Grass Shreds Gift Baskets G809 $14.24 |
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Awesome $16 Gift Basket For Men Any Occasion Ships Free! Easter $16.00 |
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NEW LARGE GIFT BASKET SUPPLIES RACE CAR BASKETS EASTER BIRTHDAY CHRISTMAS $9.99 |
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Easter Basket History
It’s hard to imagine Easter without Easter baskets. Traditionally, these are filled with candy treats such as chocolates and jelly beans, usually in the shape of an egg. There may also be hollow plastic eggs with coins or other treats inside. But did you ever wonder where the whole idea of baskets on Easter came from in the first place?
Like the Easter holiday itself, the basket is the result of the confluence of several traditions from different cultures. Some of these stem from the Judeo-Christian tradition; others date back to pagan customs.
In ancient Europe, the vernal or spring equinox was a significant time. In the original home of the Indo-Aryan peoples – ancestors of most of the ethnic and linguistic groups of Europe as well as Armenia, Kurdistan, Iran, Afghanistan and India – winters were long and bitter. Spring was considered a time of renewal and rebirth.
Among Semitic-speaking peoples of the ancient Middle East – who include the Hebrews, Arabs, Babylonians, Assyrians and others – it was a tradition to bring the first seedlings of the growing season to the temples in order to insure a successful harvest. This connection to agriculture is also reflected in the holiday’s relationship to the cycles of the moon; it is always held on the Sunday (day of Sol Invictus, or the “Unconquerable Sun”) following the first full moon after the spring equinox. To early farmers, the phase of the moon was always significant in determining when to plant seeds.
The tradition of Easter Gift Baskets is really most closely connected to Western Christianity, however. In the Roman Catholic Church, Easter is only part of an entire season of rituals and observances that begin forty-six days prior to Easter itself. Many who have experienced the revelry of Mardi Gras or Carnivale don’t realize that the “Fat Tuesday” celebration represents a last chance to party before entering that period called Lent – when the devout are expected to fast and give up meat, eggs and dairy. Lent ends on Easter, hence the tradition of a large, sumptuous family meal. At one time, it was a tradition for Roman Catholic families to carry the food for Easter dinner to Mass in a basket, where it could be blessed by the priest – harking back to the ancient tradition of bringing first crops and seedlings to the temple.
German immigrants to the U.S. contributed their own customs. “Pennsylvania Dutch” children eagerly awaited the Osterhase to deliver eggs on Easter Sunday, which he would deposit on his “rabbit’s nest” – hence the tradition of lining Easter gift baskets with grass (or more commonly today, artificial decorative grass).
Although considered a religious holiday, Easter is really a universal expression of renewal and new beginnings.
About the Author
Anne Harvester is a homemaker extraordinaire with years of experience creating spectacular events and gifts. See her favorite Gift baskets, Easter gift baskets, childrens Easter gift.
