This year, Easter occurs on April 20th. This day celebrates the resurrection of Jesus Christ in the Christian religion. It also brings us Easter bunnies and Easter eggs, symbolizing rebirth and the new life of springtime. I remember my folks hiding my Easter basket filled with jellybeans and a chocolate bunny somewhere in the house for me to find on Easter morning.

According to 11 Facts About Easter on the DoSomething.org website, Americans spend $1.9 billion on Easter candy, and 70% of the candy is chocolate—YUM. 76% of Americans think the ears should be eaten first on their chocolate Easter bunnies.

But I’m here today to talk about the Easter Egg Hunt. As a child, Mom would help my sister and me dye hard-boiled eggs in bright colors to hide in the backyard for an egg hunt on Easter Sunday afternoon. Dad would hide the decorated eggs in the flower beds and bushes, and we would spend hours gathering them in our woven baskets. I don’t recall attending an Easter egg hunt sponsored by a local group. We had plenty of fun in our backyard with Mom and Dad. Today, plastic eggs are widely used with a little prize inside, and egg hunts are organized for groups of children who line up and all rush into the field to find as many eggs as they can. Happy Easter Egg Hunting to you!

The Easter Egg Hunt
by Dee Bowlin

Grab your basket and start hunting—find the eggs—
		Find the eggs.
For it’s Easter and they’re hiding—find the eggs.
		There are yellow ones and pink ones,
		lots of striped ones, and some plain.
		But the clouds are building ’round us,
		and we hope it doesn’t rain.
		Find the eggs.
	
Fill your basket to the brim now—find the eggs—
		Find the eggs.
Looking everywhere around you—find the eggs.
		Some are snuggled in the bushes,
		others perched up in a tree.
		But those clouds are getting darker.
		It might rain; we’ll have to see.
		Find the eggs.

Tiny raindrops hit my forehead—find the eggs—
		Find the eggs.
We may have to run for cover—find the eggs.
		If we hurry, we might make it
		right before we all get wet.
		Oh, it’s only a light sprinkle.
		There’s no need to be upset.
                Find the eggs!