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So, for spring break I went to Colorado to see some family and go snowshoeing. While this was all fun in stuff, I was like, why is it that we have so many christian holiday breaks? well you know, know that I think of it it's quite obvious as America was settled mainly by puritans. but then since my train of thought is wonky I thought, what traditions aren't christian in Easter? well obviously the Easter bunny right? so I looked into it and the Easter bunny is a German tradition that came to the US in the 1700s. It basically was where children would make a nest in their yard for the "Osterhase" some sort of creature to lay its eggs in. this tradition evolved into the new hide and seek egg game of today. one other interesting thing though about spring break is that it has kind of moved away from Easter in many places in the US to earlier. This however is really just the US as most other countries don't freak out when another religion is implemented into pop culture... but whatever. the main interesting thing is that it was mainly from Germany.
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