article_snippet.sent: But, like Christmas with its tree, ornaments and Santa Claus, Easter has picked up Easter peripheral trappings -- the bunny and colorful eggs.  
article_snippet.sent: But some odd Easter trappings that popped up after the Middle Ages very much have -- the eggs and the bunny.
article_snippet.sent: the bunny is an egg-laying pagan that worships the moon.
article_snippet.sent: German historians are not clear on German beginnings, but the first known mention of the bunny and the eggs in writing was in 1682.
article_snippet.sent: "De ovis paschalibus," or "On Easter eggs," a custom in the Alsace region involving a bunny and eggs, according to German public television.
article_snippet.sent: Parents may have invented the bunny as a playful explanation for children on where the Easter eggs came from.
highlights_snippet.sent: Easter is a key event in the Christian faith, but where did the Easter Bunny come from?
  