Easter bunny - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 23 Mar 2023 03:35:23 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Easter bunny - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 What Easter bunny has to do with the resurrection of Jesus https://cathnews.co.nz/2023/03/23/easter-bunny-resurrection/ Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:55:32 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=156969 The anniversary of Christ's resurrection was aligned with the northern hemisphere spring equinox, linking springtime and Easter together. The earliest reference to the Easter Bunny dates back to before the 17th century, when the Germanic people of Europe introduced the Osterhase—a rabbit that brought gifts to children at Easter time. Rabbits (originally hares) are long Read more

What Easter bunny has to do with the resurrection of Jesus... Read more]]> The anniversary of Christ's resurrection was aligned with the northern hemisphere spring equinox, linking springtime and Easter together.

The earliest reference to the Easter Bunny dates back to before the 17th century, when the Germanic people of Europe introduced the Osterhase—a rabbit that brought gifts to children at Easter time.

Rabbits (originally hares) are long standing fertility symbols associated with the arrival of spring because they are so prolific and give birth as soon as the weather warms," notes Diane Shane Fruchtman, PhD, Assistant Professor of Religion at Rutgers University. Read more

What Easter bunny has to do with the resurrection of Jesus]]> 156969 The Aussies' Easter bunny is small with a long nose https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/04/22/aussies-easter-bunny-small-long-nose/ Mon, 21 Apr 2014 19:20:16 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=56896 Australians may be among the largest consumers of Easter eggs in the world, with Cadbury Australia alone producing more than 270 million Easter eggs each year, which equates to about 12 eggs a person, but the Easter bunny is falling out of favour. But in recent years the Bilby has been put forward as a replacement Read more

The Aussies' Easter bunny is small with a long nose... Read more]]> Australians may be among the largest consumers of Easter eggs in the world, with Cadbury Australia alone producing more than 270 million Easter eggs each year, which equates to about 12 eggs a person, but the Easter bunny is falling out of favour.

But in recent years the Bilby has been put forward as a replacement for the Easter bunny.

The Bilby is a native Australian animal that has become endangered. It is a small rodent with a long nose and tail, however it shares one feature with the rabbit, and that is her ears.

The Easter Bilby is becoming more common on Australian supermarket shelves alongside the traditional rabbit and most manufacturers donate some of the proceeds from Bilby sales to saving the Bilby Continue reading

 

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