Froggle & Fly: Easter Froggle

Although some theories suggest that the festival of Easter that we celebrate today dates back almost two millennium, and more fascinating is the fact that the term itself is even old. Some historians trace the origins of the word to Eostre, an ancient goddess of spring. But today Easter to us means more of the Easter eggs and Easter Bunny.

Today Easter is a Christian festival that falls on the Sunday following the Good Friday, the day when Christ is said to be re-incarnated and taken back to the heaven after he took away all the human sins but this holiday also has pagan origins. The colored eggs, cute little bunnies, baby chicks, leg of lamb dinners, and lilies are all symbols of rebirth and the lamb was a traditional religious sacrifice.

Easter falls in the spring, the yearly time of renewal, when the earth renews itself after a long, cold winter. The word Easter comes to us from the Norsemen's Eostur, Eastar, Ostara, and Ostar, and the pagan goddess Eostre, all of which involve the season of the growing sun and new birth. The Easter Bunny arose originally as a symbol of fertility, due to the rapid reproduction habits of the hare and rabbit.

And what about the Easter Bunny? The origins of the Easter Bunny are shrouded in the mists of European history and mythology. The Osterhase, or Easter hare, was a well-known German tradition in the early 1800′s, with egg-bearing rabbits part of the folklore. German children went on Easter egg hunts, and when some of their parents emigrated to America, the custom came with them. The First mention of the Easter Bunny in English dates back to April 27, 1881, when a magazine 'The Christian Union' printed a letter from a German fan of a Dear Abby-ish columnist of the day known as Aunt Patience.

The present day Easter celebrations are more a reason to celebrate the long weekend when we re-gather with our family and friends and spread the joy.

This Easter, we intend to spread the joy by decorating beautiful Easter eggs, playing with our own Easter bunnies and also discover new Easter bunnies.

And since the two of the greatest symbols of modern Easter celebrations are the Eggs and a cute animal, why not let it be a someone that takes birth from an egg itself. Why not a frog?

So, this Easter play share and spread the hoppy joy of Easter