Easter is usually celebrated on Sunday in April or May.It is a holiday of Cristian religion.Christians connect the holiday with the resurrection of Jesus Christ.The celebration owes name and many of customs and symbols to a pagan festival called Eostre.Eostre was the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring and sunrise.She got her name from the world east , where the sun rises .Easter come in spring and celebrated the awakening of nature after winter. The egg is a fertility symbol . People color eggs and exchanged them with each other . The rabbit is another symbol of fertility and new life. Children wait for the Easter Bunny who brings Easter eggs and candy in a basket.
