Christians, are you gearing up for Easter?

Can you please explain to me how your two minor deities, Jesus and the Easter Bunny are inter-related? Did the Easter Bunny somehow assist Jesus to fly up to the clouds or did he just pacify those who thought they were hallucinating by handing out delicious chocolate eggs? Also, how do you explain that your highly venerated rabbit is quite nearly a member of the Jewish clergy? Rabbit = rabbi + t.