Easter: Media
holiday
Videos
What do eggs have to do with Easter?
How did a Christian holiday get scrambled up with colored eggs?
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What is Palm Sunday?
Palm Sunday is celebrated by Christian communities on the Sunday before Easter.
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The significance of Easter in Christianity
Overview of the Christian celebration of Easter.
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What and when is Easter?
Celebrations of Easter have been documented as early as the 2nd century.
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How chocolate Easter bunnies are made
Learn how chocolate Easter bunnies are made.
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Images
Raphael: Resurrection of Christ
Resurrection of Christ, oil on wood panel by Raphael, 1499–1502; in the...
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White House
Children attending the annual White House Easter Egg Roll, Washington, D.C., 1958.
Dwight D. Eisenhower Presidential Library and Museum
Easter celebrations circa 1920
A couple wearing hare costumes during Easter celebrations in Eisenach, Germany, circa...
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Greek Orthodox Easter service, Pátmos, Greece
Greek Orthodox priests from the monastery of St. John the Theologian celebrating...
© John Sims—CLICK/Chicago
A young girl balancing an egg on a spoon during the White House Easter Egg Roll,...
Eric Draper/The White House
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