Over centuries, some of the world’s most recognizable symbols have completely lost their original meanings—or have been ...

Hot cross buns aren’t just a sweet snack that appears around Easter. They carry centuries of storytelling in their dough.

Early Christians started marking bread with a cross to show their devotion, and ate it throughout the year. They believed the ...

Easter, a Christian festival celebrating Jesus Christ's resurrection, intertwines religious significance with traditions like ...

What do bunnies, baskets, colored eggs, egg hunts and candies all have in common? Each of these traditional components of secular Easter observances can be traced back to the German ...

Children don’t question whether it’s possible for rabbits to lay eggs. They just know that when they build a pretty nest of ...