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Mar 2024
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The Sleepy History of the Easter Bunny

Slumber Studios
About this episode

Narrator: Thomas Jones 🇬🇧

Writer: Alicia Steffann ✍️

Sound design: Spring birdsong 🌻🐦

Includes mentions of: Food, Nostalgia, Children, Spring, History, Witches, Fantastical Creatures, Animals, Religious Traditions, Military History, Rabbits, Americana, Folklore, Literature, Mythology, Parents, Family, Fertility, Easter. 


Welcome back, sleepyheads. Tonight, we’re ready to take you hopping down the twisting paths of history in search of the origins of the Easter Bunny. Along the way, we’ll explore some folklore and symbolism that much of humankind may share. 😴


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