Easter Baskets and Bunnies
Easter basket postcard, circa 1900 Long before Christianity celebrated Easter, and with it the spring equinox, it was a pagan celebration in almost every culture. As Christianity moved from the east to the west, it was easier for the church to rearrange their calendar to fit traditions that might date back a thousand years than to force new religious traditions and beliefs on a resistant populace. Postcards! The perfect Easter collectible. This one with the rabbit and his eggs. Originally a celebration of the equinox, signaling a new beginning to the year of growing things and the end of winter, the holiday became what we now celebrate as Easter. Baskets would have been used to transport offerings from one place to another, or to shared meals, or just as a means of moving goods. wicker and grass baskets are after all lightweight and easier to carry and make than either clay or wood. They resemble nests in their shape and they are made of the same material