Bunny trail has many side paths
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April 18, 2019
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The Easter bunny stops by Seeley Lake each year the Saturday before Easter during the Seeley Lake Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt. This year it will be in Seeley Lake at 12:45 at Seeley Lake Elementary for the annual egg hunt at 1 p.m.
How did the Easter bunny hop his way into a religious holiday? And why does a bunny lay eggs? Well, there's the spring proliferation theory, the ground-nesting bird explanation, the pagan goddess version and the adult joke-on-the-kids story.
The spring proliferation theory points to the rebirth of plants and animals in the springtime. Christian religions connect that rebirth to the resurrection of Jesus on Easter Sunday. The springing up of grasses and flowers, buds bursting on trees, birds laying eggs and animals producing young almost seems miraculous, especially in the wake of a cold, sn...
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