Easter day is a religious holiday that is celebrated by Christians and Catholics. It's celebrated on Sunday and it has to be on a Sunday and this is the reason why Easter day is different every single year because they have to wait until it's Sunday after the 14th day of the epaschal moon. Easter is in celebration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ three days after his death by cruxifixion that happened about 2000 years ago. Christians celebrate the holiday by going to Church and having gathering of family and friends. The bunny and Easter eggs are used as symbols during Easter holiday. The bunny was a bird that belong to the goddess Eostre, who was an Anglo-Saxon goddess. The bunny and eggs are the symbols that people use during Easter week. Children would color eggs and hide them.

Eggs coloring and eating was a symbol during the ancient Egypt, Persia, Greece and Rome. Flowers like white lily is used as a symbol during Easter. The white lily resembles purity and it's the flower that people use during Easter. The lily has a history when the angel Gabriel came to the virgin Mary with lilies in his hand. People use Bermuda lily because lily doesn't bloom during Easter time. Easter will be in April 12, or 19 in 2009 according to Eastern or Western sects. During Easter, family gather up to Church for services, communion and baptism. They believed that Easter is a perfect time for baptism. Easter is also in the Spring and it's a symbol of a new beginning and fertility of all things. Christians and Catholics usually wear white and attend Church services. They also hold many Easter festival all around the world. Usually around Easter time, the Church will hold a very big celebration and you can see people fill up the Church every where.

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