Easter Bunny

24 April 2011 - Happy Easter. I looked up what Wikipedia says about the Easter Bunny and this is what I found: The Easter Bunny or Easter Hare (sometimes Spring Bunny in the U.S.March 2, 2007. Retrieved March 23, 2010) is a character depicted as a rabbit bringing Easter eggs, who sometimes is depicted with clothes. In legend, the creature brings baskets filled with colored eggs, candy and sometimes also toys to the homes of children, and as such shows similarities to Father Christmas, as they both bring gifts to children on the night before their respective holiday. It was first mentioned in Georg Franck von Frankenau's De ovis paschalibus (About the Easter Egg) referring to an Alsace tradition of an Easter Hare bringing Easter Eggs (and the negative impact of too much egg consumption).Bringing Easter eggs seems to have its origins in Alsace and the Upper Rhineland in Germany, where the practice was first recorded in a German publication in the 1500s (early 16th century). The first edible Easter Eggs were made in Germany during the early 19th century and were made of pastry and sugar.