Just like with Christmas, atheists and Easter-haters just can't wait to tell Christians that the traditions they have are pagan in origin.

Most Christians consider Easter to be a sacred and joyous celebration of Christ's Resurrection. But what about the claim that Easter and its accompanying traditions originated from a pagan spring ...

Pagan Easter traditions actually date back before Christianity existed. And some of these traditions are the reason why eggs and bunnies are such a big part of this holiday.

A few aspects of Easter, like eggs and bunnies, were adopted from ancient pagan rituals that celebrated the resurrection of life in the spring.

As Newcastillians brace themselves to celebrate Easter, children are excited about all chocolate delights the Easter Bunny is set to bring.

The unexpected pagan, Jewish and German origins of some Easter traditions Jane Stevenson looks into where our Easter traditions came from and why the holiday may not be as rooted in Christianity ...

You often hear that Easter is "a pagan holiday." This claim is made, variously, by some Christian Fundamentalists (who want to do away with or re-brand Easter), by some atheists (who want to ...

It follows that the Christian Easter/Passover celebration, which originated in the Mediterranean basin, was not influenced by any Germanic pagan festival. What's in a name?

But the foundation of the claim that Easter is a pagan tradition is the similarity in names: Easter, they say, is the English translation of Eostre, a Germanic goddess of fertility.