The Easter Bunny made its way to America, when it was first introduced in the 1700s by German immigrants to Pennsylvania, who reportedly brought over their tradition of an egg-laying hare named "Osterhase" or "Oschter Haws" from the Old Country.

The word Ostara comes from the Anglo-Saxon goddess name, Eostre. Eostre represented spring and new beginnings. The celebration of spring is present in many ancient customs, across all cultures especially a religion other than one of the main world religions, specifically a non-Christian or pre-Christian religion also known as pagans.

During the 4th century, the Catholic Church replaced the most important pagan festivities with new Christian holidays on the same dates, as the calendar remained pretty much the same as before, it was much easier for the one-time pagan populace to adjust to this new faith.

By the Early Middle Ages (800–1000), faiths referred to as pagan had mostly disappeared in the West through a mixture of peaceful conversion, natural religious change, persecution, and the military conquest of pagan peoples; the Christianization of Lithuania in the 15th century is typically considered to mark the end of this process.

Since ancient times, eggs and rabbits have been a symbol of fertility, while spring has been a symbol of rebirth. So even though rabbits don't lay eggs, the association of these symbols was almost natural.

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