Happy Easter. This morning, I bring you this exclusive interview excerpted from my unpublished book, "The Unauthorized Biography of Peter Cottontail."
Peter, can you tell me how you became the Easter Bunny? The profession has been in the Cottontail family for years. The first Easter Bunny is said to have been German, but the United States was the first country to promote the Easter Bunny for commercial purposes. Legend has it that my greatest great-grandfather had been unemployed for over a year and was barely making it when auditions for the Easter Bunny were held in New York City. He had a large family: 2116 children and over 10,000 grandchildren. His family encouraged him to try out for the part.
What was the audition like? There were three parts to the audition: the long jump, the 5-km dash and a mathematics test.