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Origins of Easter Celebrations - Easter Inventions

The meaning of the many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. In one way or another all the customs are a "salute to spring" marking re-birth. However, today countless gadgets and novelties have been invented to help us celebrat Easter.

The Origins of Easter Celebrations

The meaning of the many different customs observed during Easter Sunday have been buried with time. Their origins lie in both pre-Christian religions and Christianity. In one way or another all the customs are a "salute to spring" marking re-birth.

Easter Special - Easter Egg Photo Gallery

Glorious photos of chocolate easter eggs including the world's largest easter egg.

Easter Special - WackyTomb Patents

View this unusual miniature Easter tomb on a pendant

Easter Special - Easter Bunny Designs

See amazing inventions patented in service of Easter including weird bunny slippers, bunny tongs, bunny kettle, and others.

Egg Rolling

In the United States in the early nineteenth century, Dolly Madison, the wife of the fourth American President, organized an egg roll in Washington, D.C.

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