The Easter Egg Process Days begin to grow longer; birds are on their way back to the east and flowers showing their best pastels are beginning to form full bloom. The smell of fresh rain and pollen are in the air. It is finally the time of year when people start to dress in white and put their bonnets on for the holiday that introduces spring called Easter. Easter, which comes from the word “ostara”, is celebrated in the Catholic Church in honor of the Sunday that Christ rose from his tomb. As a symbol of continuing life and resurrection we come to acknowledge and decorate the egg for Easter. The Easter egg is