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Re: 1970s?

"[...] unlike the death of Jesus (which going by the old Wheel of the year based world views should be Harvest or Halloween)."

They went with the stronger affinity: resurrection = Spring renewal of nature. Thus the name of the Pagan Spring goddess Ēostre begat our English nomenclature as Easter - with vestigial hares (bunnies) and eggs.