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• Easter egg — Easter eggs are specially decorated eggs given to celebrate the Easter holiday or springtime. The oldest tradition is to use dyed or painted chicken eggs, but a modern custom is to substitute chocolate eggs, or plastic eggs filled with… …   Wikipedia

• Easter egg — Easter Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Easter egg — Eas′ter egg n. 1) a dyed or painted hen s egg used as an Easter gift or decoration 2) an imitation of this, as an egg shaped candy …   From formal English to slang

• Egg rolling — Egg rolling, or an Easter egg roll is a traditional game played with eggs at Easter. Different nations have different versions of the game, usually played with hard boiled, decorated eggs. History The pre Christian Saxons had a spring goddess… …   Wikipedia

• Easter — Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[ a]sterm[ …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Easter dues — Easter Eas ter ([=e]s t[ e]r), n. [AS. e[ a]ster, e[ a]stran, paschal feast, Easter; akin to G. ostern; fr. AS. E[ a]stre, a goddess of light or spring, in honor of whom a festival was celebrated in April; whence this month was called in AS. E[… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Egg decorating in Slavic culture — The tradition of egg decoration in Slavic cultures originated in pagan times, and was transformed by the process of religious syncretism into the Christian Easter egg. Nevertheless, these decorated eggs have retained much of their pagan symbolism …   Wikipedia

• Egg decorating — Ukrainian Easter eggs This article is about egg decorating in general. For the Easter tradition of egg decorating, see Easter egg. Egg decorating is the art or craft of decorating eggs. It is quite a popular art/craft form because of the… …   Wikipedia

• Easter Monday — Two boys enjoy treats during the annual Easter egg roll at the White House lawn on Easter Monday, 1911 …   Wikipedia

• Easter — /ee steuhr/, n. 1. an annual Christian festival in commemoration of the resurrection of Jesus Christ, observed on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox, as calculated according to tables based in Western churches on… …   Universalium

• Easter Yeggs — Infobox Hollywood cartoon cartoon name = Easter Yeggs series = Looney Tunes, Bugs Bunny caption = The title card of Easter Yeggs director = Robert McKimson story artist = Warren Foster animator = Charles McKimson Richard Bickenbach and I. Ellis… …   Wikipedia