Originally Posted by Thylacine
Only eggs I'm interested in are chocolate, and are laid by a chocolate rabbit. And that - my friends - is the story of Jesus.
The egg thing predates Christ. It related to the festival of the returning spring season (northern hemisphere). Christians incorporated their stuff into it and effectively ended up polluting the whole concept.
Just thank your lucky stars you don't live in Norway, where easter is celebrated with the reading of murder-mysteries. WTF?