To say that the 1960s were spent lounging atop giant paisley eggs would be a terrible stereotype.  From Calumet's 1969 yearbook.

From Nebelspalter, 1958.

Every new year is a victim of "abandoned nest syndrome" and is left in the care of one clown or another.  From Le Charivari, 1889.

The phrase "Humpty Dumpty's beard" is a Googlewhack.

Illustration from The Lewis Carroll Society of North America's Knight Letter, 2008.

From Kliuv, 1905.

Of course the Easter Bunny does not lay eggs himself.  The eggs are obtained through coercion, bribery, and other closely-guarded methods.  From Fliegende Blätter, 1923.

Reblog if you currently sleep or incubate in a giant egg, or if you will likely seek to acquire a giant egg in the future.  From Le Charivari, 1879.

From the Codex yearbook of Beloit College, 1893.