Take the cardinal direction where the morning sun rises, add a feminine pronoun, and what spring celebration do you spell?
Easter
The direction where the sun rises in the morning is 'East.' When you attach the feminine pronoun 'her' to the end of 'East,' the resulting word is 'East-her,' which is pronounced like 'Easter.' Solvers can build the target spring holiday by joining geography with basic grammar.
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