The practice of coloring and hunting for Easter eggs was an ancient custom that is still practiced today. Likewise, rabbits have been a part of the Easter scene since earliest times. The first mention of the Easter Bunny seems to have come from Germany in the late 1500s. Easter lilies and lambs also continue as symbols. Holidays that have their roots in Christianity have been secularized and commercialized.
Easter is no exception.
The mass marketing of stuffed rabbits, plastic eggs and white lilies is an economic issue, not a religious proposition. But one early Easter tradition that slowly evolved into a popular modern custom with significant commercial proportions did eventually fizzle out. In the early church, the Easter Vigil occurred during the night hours preceding dawn on Easter Sunday. Anyone baptized at the Easter Vigil was dressed in a white robe. The robe was worn throughout the entire Easter week as a symbol of the person's new life.