Try Explaining how Americans celebrate Easter to Foreigners

So as you know, (if you dont you know now) for one of my part time jobs I teach ESL. My students are adults from many different countries. Malaysia, Philippines, El Salvador, Mexico, Guatemala, China, etc. Well when a holiday is coming up I like to do a lesson on the holiday and talk about how Americans celebrate it, and how it may be different from their countries. If they dont celebrate that holiday then I enlighten them. If they leave here they should understand our culture.

So yesterday I started talking to my students about Easter. It was yesterday that I came to the realization of how odd Americans celebrate Easter. Let me explain. From my understanding we are pretty much the only country that celebrates it more than a sacred religious holiday. As I was talking to my students they were almost embarrassed and shocked at how we celebrate Easter. It gets better.....

So as I am explaining new life, flowers, eggs, baskets, the Easter Bunny..,. my students began giving me very confused faces, etc. Then the funniest part. I have a student who is 70 years old and he is from El Salvador. He said (picture this cute old man, with a spanish accent, it adds to the effect) he says "Teacher, i have question. You say bunny? why bunny? its a rabbit right?" I reply "Yes but we call it the Easter Bunny bec you can call a rabbit a bunny rabbit or bunny for short." "Ok, so its a rabbit then?" " Yes it is" He then says, I dont understand if he rabbit or bunny why he has eggs? he dont have eggs? he have little rabbits." Very good question, um we say that the bunny gets the eggs from the chicken and puts it in a basket and gives to children, and they find it Easter Morning." my student then says, "ok but why bunny? why not chicken? and why does he come and bring things for children? I said its like Santa Clause but in the Spring time. " oh ok."

I mean think about it, it is kind of odd. Also we talk about easter being beginning of life, and we have eggs, we didnt give them a chance at life! Anyways we had quite the discussion and it was funny, you probably had to be there, but i was struggling to try and justify why we did what we did on easter, and that was just one topic!