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Epicure: Plan your own egg hunt and brunch. Happy Spring! The Easter bunny is hopping into town this weekend and it’s not too late to make plans to celebrate the arrival of warmer weather, a fresh harvest of vegetables and school vacations. While Easter is traditionally known as a Christian holiday, it has always had a secular component. In reality, Easter was originally a pagan festival. In ancient times, Anglo Saxons celebrated the return of spring with a fun-filled festival that commemorated their goddess of offspring and springtime, Eastre. When second-century Christians traveled north to convert pagan tribes, they scheduled their holy days to coincide with existing pagan observances. This allowed them to slowly spread the Christian message while the people continued to celebrate in familiar ways but with a Christian bent. Coincidentally, the Eastre festival occurred around the same time as the Christian’s observance of the Resurrection of Christ. The Eastre name eventually changed
