How many helpers do you have? Millions, thank heavens! Can you imagine hiding all those eggs? That would take ears, and we need to do it all in one night. There are millions of us who do it together. (Everything is better and easier with lots of friends!)

Do you lay colored eggs? I don’t actually lay the eggs. (Rabbits don’t lay eggs, for the record. They give birth to litters of live animals, just like cats and dogs.) But, I do work closely with all manner of birds, who generally lay the most eggs in the spring, right around Easter time. My team and I used to do it all ourselves, but there are just too many people now, so we try to work with parents. We ask that parents color the eggs so that they are as bright and beautiful as spring flowers, and then leave them for us so that we can hide them in the night. We generally try to bring candy and little toys as well, but it all depends on how many houses we have to visit, what the weather is like, and any number of other factors. We do our best though. We love hiding in the bushes and watching you kids find the treats. (We especially love it when the bigger kids help the little kids find treats and fill their baskets.)

Do you like chocolate? Yes. But I LOVE jelly beans.

Do Easter bunnies come from eggs? No. Bunnies don’t lay eggs, and they don’t come from eggs. But sometimes when birds lay eggs and need help sitting on their nests so they can go out for a spell, a nice bunny may help out. It’s what friends do. I’ve also been thinking about how the who egg-laying bunny myth got started, and I’m not quite sure. All I can really think is that spring is a time for babies – everybody in nature is having babies in the spring. And Bunnies are so cute, as are little baby chicks, so maybe it’s just that an egg-laying bunny was the cutest possible symbol of a holiday that is all about love and life. I don’t know, but any symbol that gave life to chocolate eggs and jelly beans must be a good thing!