What was the origin of the traditional Chocolate Easter Egg on Easter Sunday?
It is true to say that some of the festivities of Easter were pagan, but the time was worked out by Christians themselves. the long debate in the 2nd century and recorded by Eusebius. The egg represented the rock which was rolled away from Christ’s tomb revealing He had risen. The egg was originally hard boiled and the children would roll these down the hill. A prize of some sort for the winner. I believe this came within Europe from the 16-17th century. It never derived from ancient pagan festivals in this sense. the use of eggs and ceremonies being very different, though they had the idea of fertility symbols in many things including eggs.
