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History of Easter Eggs
Each year, on March 21, the ancient Persians celebrated the festival of the solar New Year by presenting each other with colored eggs.
The ancient Egyptians also celebrated the solar New Year by dyeing eggs and offering them up to their gods.
The Jews used eggs as a symbol of rebirth at the Passover.
During the Middle Ages people not only gave up meat for Lent but also eggs. It was a very precious gift to be given an egg for Easter because of harsh winters making food scarce. Children would often go from house to house to beg for Easter Eggs.
In ancient days, eggs were gathered and used for the creation of talismans and also ritually eaten. The gathering of different colored eggs from the nests of a variety of birds is thought to have given rise to two traditions still observed today - the Easter egg hunt, and coloring eggs in imitation of the various pastel colors of wild birds.
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