The Easter Egg-Rabbit Conundrum

While I was busy at work this week, I had some time to think about the Easter holiday. I quickly wondered the origin story and started to check some info. However, all of that led me to the essential question on everyone's mind during this holiday.

How the heck did we get chocolate rabbits and colored eggs? How random is that?

And so it got me thinking. So I started to create a few scenarios in my mind as to how this link can be associated. At first, I wondered if a rabbit and a chicken were at a bar, got drunk and they saw what's what. But then again, that's the story everyone tells. And if they did hook up on a night of drunken animal loving, why don't we see the easter mascot be a rabbit-chicken hybrid? So I quickly dismissed that popular one, mostly due to insufficient info as to what happened that night between the rabbit and the chicken.

That's one way of looking at it...

Yet, I happen to think the rabbit and egg association can be seen differently. And so, I have come up with a random story as to why we might have that.

At the Wonka factory, the Oompa Loompas were going on strike due to a protest of half the factory being laid off due to budget cuts. Wonka was unable to handle the situation, and thus had to find replacement workers in order to continue his operations. This bitter struggle annoyed the neighboring community, which grew more and more impatient as the protest grew more and more intense. One day, the strike reached it's boiling point and the Wonka factory ended up being the victim of a sabotage. The chocolate machine malfunctioned and nearly destroyed the whole factory.

Negotiations and arguments aside, Wonka and the Oompa Loompas were able to reach an agreement and were able to once again work. In order to celebrate the opening of the factory, the citizens from the neighboring community were invited to attend the ceremonies. Everything was going well, until a rogue Loompa went into the factory and sabotaged the new chocolate machine.

There was widespread panic and everyone tried to scramble, but a heroic rabbit (who just happened to be an engineer) stayed behind to try and prevent another catastrophe. The machine exploded and left the Wonka factory in ruins. Debris and chocolate were everywhere, but everyone made it out safely. However, at the very center of the debris, was the rabbit engineer. He didn't move, but instead was now a chocolate statue.

And so, the nearby village decided to celebrate every year the rabbit's bravery.

But wait, you're probably wondering how we got the colored eggs. That's simple. The chocolate machine made candy eggs, so technically it was the rabbit trying to save the candy eggs from blowing up all over the neighborhood. And so, that's my story of Easter. A story of remembering a brave rabbit covered in chocolate who tried to save Wonka's candy eggs.