Easter

To answer Louie's post below:

Easter does not actually coincide with the date of Jesus' crucifixion and resurrection. It was created to occur alongside the four traditional pagan festivals in the middle of each season. The Christian festival calendar puts Easter during the spring festivals and Christmas during the winter festivals. Of course, because we live in the Southern Hemisphere, this is reversed for us.

So knowing this, the reason for using eggs and rabbots as symbols of Easter becomes clear. Easter is a celebration of new life. The rabbit, able to produce a litter of up to 12-13 babies within a gestation period of a month is an obvious symbol for new life. Same with the egg. I guess its a little weird for anthropomorphic rabbits to hand out eggs but that's beside the point.

I hope that answers your concerns Louie.