Easter

Easter is an ancient festival celebrated by Christians and non-Christians alike. In the northern hemisphere it is associated with spring.

Origins

Easter: From the World Book Online Reference Center.
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Easter: Its Origins, Meanings, & Practice: Jewish, Christian and Pagan origins and meanings of Easter from the Religious Tolerance web site.

How Easter Works: Describes the religious and cultural origins of the Easter holiday as well as symbols such as Easter eggs, the Easter bunny and hot cross buns.
Catholic Encyclopedia: Lent: Describes the traditional forty days of fasting prior to Easter.

Why Easter: Sister site to Why Christmas, this site tries to answer the hows, wheres, but mostly the whys of Easter.
Easter Around the World: One of several articles about Easter at Infoplease.
Easter Superstitions: From the Urban Legends Reference Pages.

A Morass of Movable Feasts: A quick guide to the dates of Passover and Easter: one of several articles about Easter at Infoplease.
The date of Easter: From the U.S. Naval Observatory Astronomical Applications Department.
Public Holidays: New Zealand public holiday information from the Department of Labour.

Easter arts and crafts: From Kiwifamilies.co.nz
Easter websites for school librarians: From the National Library of New Zealand
Easter Bunny's Net: Recipes, songs, myths and traditions.
Happy-easter.com: Crafts, cards, jokes and even an online colouring-in game.
Happy Easter: Information about Easter: history, crafts, games, books, songs, gifts and recipes.
Easter at Web-Holidays: Lots of goodies for you including recipes, crafts, online games, and more articles.
Hoppy Easter: Easter stories, animations, and pictures to colour from Holidays.net.
Easter by Martha Stewart: Decorated eggs, menus and more.