The Easter Bunny

Not unlike Santa Claus and the Great Pumpkin the Easter Bunny comes and leaves treats for all the good boys and girls. The Easter Bunny has a more mysterious back ground the Santa. The bunny has a long history started by the Lutherans in Germany known as The Easter Hare. The Easter Hare would bring eggs to children who the hare determined were good. Eggs are a symbol of renewal and spring. 
The bunny came to the USA from Germany with the "Pennsylvania Dutch and was know as the Osterhase. The translation of that became Easter Hare or Easter bunny. The bunny over the years would go from leaving eggs in children's hats and bonnets to eventually leaving chocolate eggs in a basket sometimes including toys.