What is Easter?
It is a festival of the Christian Church that commemorates the resurrection of Christ. It is celebrated on the first Sunday following the full moon that occurs on or after March 21-or one week later if the full moon falls on Sunday.

Easter was originally a pagan festival honoring Estore, a Teutonic goddess of light and spring. At the time of the vernal equinox, sacrifices were offered in her honor. As early as the eighth century, the word was used to designate the annual Christian celebration of the resurrection of Christ.

The only appearance of the word Easter in the Bible is a mistranslation of Pascha , the Greek word for "Passover" (Acts 12:4).

Palm Sunday
The Sunday before Easter is known as Palm Sunday. This was when Jesus rode into Jerusalem. People gathered around Him, throwing their garments along His path and waving palm branches and singing, "Hosanna! Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord!" 
(Matthew 21:7-9). Palm Sunday is the beginning of Holy Week.

Good Friday
Good Friday commemorates Jesus' trial, crucifixion, and death
(Matthew 26:57-27:66).

Lamb
Jesus is associated with the paschal lamb in the Exodus story. The blood of the Passover lamb caused the angel of death to "pass over" the Israelites. John the Baptist calls Jesus "The Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." John 1:29

Easter Lily
Lilies are used to decorate churches and homes. The large, pure white blossoms of the Easter Lilies remind Christians of the pure new life that comes to them through the Resurrection of Jesus. The new plant life that appears in spring symbolizes new life.

Easter Bunny
The roots of the easter bunny stem from German folklore. The first edible Easter bunnies were made in Germany during the early 1800s. They were made of pastry and sugar. It is thought that bunnies were chosen because of their fertility. They served as symbols of the new life during the Spring season.

Easter Eggs
The custom of exchanging eggs began in ancient times. The ancient Egyptians  and Persians often dyed eggs in spring colors and gave them to their friends as gifts. The Persians believed that the earth had hatched from a giant egg. Early Christians of Mesopotamis were the first to use colored eggs for Easter. In some European countries, people colored eggs  red to represent the joy of the resurrection. In England, friends often wrote messages and dates on the eggs they exchanged, Elaborate candy eggs with a window in one end and tiny scenes inside were popular gifts in the 1800´s.
The egg is also symbolic of Christ rising from the tomb, both in the way the chick emerges from the egg and to represent the stone that was rolled in front of the tomb.