Country Club Plaza Bunny History Amid Kansas City Egg Shortage For Easter

Slight correction . . .

There are plenty of eggs . . . They're just too expensive to throw around . . .

Accordingly, here's an AP headline topping Saturday newscasts: 

Expect more fake eggs made of colored marshmallows or potatoes this Easter

On a more hopeful note . . . We move toward this holiday week with a bit of local nostalgia . . .

"The human-sized white bunnies first appeared in 1922 at the Crestwood Shops, a then-new retail development by J.C. Nichols. The bunnies moved from the sidewalks at 55th and Oak streets to Nichols’ newest development, the Country Club Plaza, in 1931 and they’ve made annual Easter time appearances there ever since.

"The Plaster of Paris rabbits weigh 200 lbs. each and are decorated as boy or girl bunnies, with the boys wearing decorated jackets and the girls in flowing floor-length dresses. Each boy has their respective name painted on their jacket collar, while the girl’s names appear on the side of the basket on their arm."

Read more via www.TonysKansasCity.com link . . .

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