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The Easter Bunny Is Not Pagan

Watch my interview with John Green on Nebula!: https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-john-green-on-religion?ref=religionforbreakfast Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast Is the Easter Bunny pagan? Probably not. It seems to have been invented by German-speaking Protestants sometime in the 1600s. Bibliography: Stephen Winick, "Ostara and the Hare: Not Ancient, but Not As Modern As Some Skeptics Think," Library of Congress Blogs, April 28, 2016. Stephen Winick, On the Bunny Trail: In Search of the Easter Bunny, Library of Congress Blogs, March 22, 2016 Thumbnail design by ⁨@hotcyder⁩ Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Watch my interview with John Green on Nebula!: https://nebula.tv/videos/religionforbreakfast-john-green-on-religion?ref=religionforbreakfast
Get Nebula using my link for 40% off an annual subscription: https://go.nebula.tv/religionforbreakfast


Is the Easter Bunny pagan? Probably not. It seems to have been invented by German-speaking Protestants sometime in the 1600s.

Bibliography:
Stephen Winick, "Ostara and the Hare: Not Ancient, but Not As Modern As Some Skeptics Think,"
Library of Congress Blogs, April 28, 2016.

Stephen Winick, On the Bunny Trail: In Search of the Easter Bunny, Library of Congress Blogs, March 22, 2016


Thumbnail design by ⁨@hotcyder⁩
Join our Patreon community! https://www.patreon.com/religionforbreakfast
Select imagery/video supplied by Getty Images and Reuters

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