Why did eggs become an Easter symbol?
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Answer: Eggs symbolized new life and later resurrection
The Bible requires Easter egg exchange — Wrong. The Bible does not command people to exchange Easter eggs; that custom developed later.
Spring eggs kept longer than other foods — Wrong. Eggs became symbolic mainly because of what they represented, not because they stored better.
Eggs symbolized new life and later resurrection ✓ — Correct! The egg had long symbolized new life in spring, and Christians later connected it to Jesus’ resurrection.
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