| Children eagerly await a visit from the Easter bunny | | | | Germany. In fact, the first edible bunny made out of |
| to their homes, carrying a basket full of goodies. | | | | sugar and pastries was made during the beginning of |
| According to legends, the bunny comes at night and | | | | 1800s in Germany. |
| hides the basket inside our outside the house. | | | | In many places children believe that if they behave |
| Children have to get up, early in the morning and hunt | | | | well, O_ster Haws_e i.e. the Easter bunny will lay |
| for the basket to get the goodies inside. | | | | colored eggs in the nest, the make. Little boys and |
| The origin of the Easter bunny can be traced, to the | | | | girls use their caps and bonnets, to make a nest in a |
| pre-Christianity fertility tradition. Written account of | | | | secluded place in the house. Later on, baskets began |
| the bunny is found, in the German writings of the | | | | to be used as nests for the bunnies. |
| 1500s, so it is believed that this tradition originated in | | | | |