Take the name of the springtime holiday celebrated with decorated eggs, erase its final two letters, and you are left with the compass heading where the morning sun will always rise. What direction are you facing?
East
This is a word-subtraction puzzle based on spelling. By taking the six-letter word 'Easter' and lopping off the trailing letters 'e' and 'r,' the remaining four letters spell out 'East,' the cardinal direction of the sunrise.
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