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The links to pagan fertility goddesses seem too strong to be coincidental.
Firstly there's the name (Ishtar/Eostre/Eoster), eggs are obvious fertility symbols and I'm sure I don't need to explain how rabbits are related. They are certainly more related to fertility than anything relating to the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ. Even getting eggs into the Christian ceremony seems a bit of a stretch, I remember as a child being told that the stone in front of the tomb was shaped like an egg, I've heard other kids being told the egg is a symbol of new life and so on. None of it explains chicks and bunnies.
Either way, the pagans will do what the pagans will do and in the meantime we can celebrate Christ's resurrection. Interestingly I don't see any specific mandate to commemorate the day that it happened, only the fact that it happened.
Nothing in the bible about chicks or bunnies as part of the celebration but they're awfully cute. A tomb isn't cute.
Yesterday I read a headline from an article that the stores are moving further away from anything religious pertaining to Easter stock. That's sad.