Who Brings The Eggs At Easter in Switzerland?

Traditions come and go and in this day and age, they seem to merge together all over the world.

Switzerland is no exception to this now celebrating many foreign traditions like Halloween. However, many of the original traditions are still held tightly by the locals, including Easter.

The Easter Bunny

The Easter Bunny is always present in Switzerland, and since Lindt created their famous chocolate rabbits, they are now even more so.

And in many places, it is said that the rabbit brings the eggs on Sunday for the children to find in the garden.

However, it was not always like this, as religion has played a role in changing older traditions as time passed.

The Cuckoo Bird

In many areas of Switzerland, it used to be the Cuckoo bird that brought the eggs at Easter. Apparently, the idea came from the behavior of these birds as they often lay their eggs in other bird’s nests.

The Church Bells

In the French-speaking parts of Switzerland, the tradition comes from neighboring France. The story goes that the church bells fly to Rome on the Thursday before Easter and come back on Sunday with the eggs.

Of course, it is a little more complex than that, but that is the gist of it.

So there you have it. In today’s modern world we often celebrate many of the same things, but sometimes in very different ways. And this is just one of the ideas that vary all over the world.