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Many
Easter
traditions
in
Pagan
times
,
and
one
example
of
it
is
the
Easter
eggs
.
An
egg
was
seen
as
a
symbol
of
and
new
life
,
and
so
,
it
was
associated
with
festivals
.
,
Western
Christians
would
avoid
chicken
eggs
during
the
40
-
day
Lenten
period
,
and
children
would
spend
time
painting
and
the
eggs
,
in
preparation
for
Easter
.
In
more
recent
times
,
chicken
eggs
have
been
with
chocolate
eggs
and
children
believe
that
the
Easter
Bunny
them
to
well
-
behaved
children
on
Easter
Sunday
.
Chocolate
eggs
are
between
family
and
friends
as
,
and
Easter
Egg
Hunts
are
often
organised
for
children
by
local
.
Eggs
are
and
are
given
to
the
child
who
finds
the
most
eggs
,
and
also
to
the
child
who
finds
the
largest
and
egg
in
the
hunt
.