That saying "Happy Easter" is out of place?

Christmas and Easter are both Christian festivals that are also celebrated by atheists and other religions. If someone celebrated Christmas I wouldn't see anything wrong with wishing them a happy Easter. I think it would be very unreasonable for someone to be offended at being wished a happy Easter when they celebrate Christmas.

Only Jewish people who keep Passover know the joy of toast or pizza or bagels the day after. (or a late night reward for putting the passover dishes away! we had pizza at midnight)

You are meshugge in kop. Or just pretentious.

Do you get worked up about absolutely everything? Someone has sent something to you in a joyous spirit and you whine about it. Get over yourself.

It comes across as looking to take offence.,

YABU. Easter isn’t a massively religious holiday in the UK, and they’re just being nice.

Happy Passover works fine.

yet they sent a message of happy Easter. Isn't this out of place? (They even knew we just had a Passover Seder!)

The country you live in, although it welcomes diversity, it is a Christian country that celebrates Easter, it has an Easter bank Holiday, where people get a 4 day holiday, they do not work, they may even have paid holidays (for those lucky enough to have paid benefits). People are far more likely to be aware Easter is occurring, even if they don't celebrate it, they may be off work, they will have seen the adverts on TV for supermarkets etc.

So no it's not out of place to be wished Happy Easter. It is bad that they didn't wish you a Happy Passover - that's on them.

However , This country doesn't have a Passover Bank holiday (or the tv adverts making people aware something is happening). So although you may celebrate that holiday, the country itself doesn't.

Saying this not as a Christian.

I think you’re being completely ridiculous (and I’m Jewish too). I am perfectly happy to be wished a happy Easter, Christmas, Diwali, Chinese New Year etc.

In any case,"Easter" may be nominally a Christian festival but it is now just a general Spring celebration to many (or else what's all the emphasis on bunnies, chicks, eggs, chocolate about?) The same is true for Christmas and winter festivals with all the stuff about Santa, gifts, reindeer, robins, snowy scenes etc.

When people wish you a happy Easter they’re talking about the few days involved, not the crucifixion and resurrection of Jesus. It’s an expression of kindness, and to be annoyed about it is just looking for something to be insulted about.

You can take it in the spirit it was intended - so joyful, inclusive, friendly - or you can choose to take offence. The choice is entirely yours.
They probably don’t know what ( if any ) greeting or wish would be appropriate at Passover. I wouldn’t either.

As a Christian I do not wish people happy Easter anyway, seems weird to do so. Nor has there ever been an Easter bunny, weird modern American tradition. Eggs yes but not brought by any mythical creature 😁

its a shame we don't live in France where the same word, Paque, is used for Easter and Passover.

I would think someone is very thoughtless if they wished me Happy Easter. We are a very religious Jewish family, we don't eat Easter eggs or celebrate it in any way. And since Easter often coincides with Passover, it would be far more appropriate to wish me Happy Passover (as many have done).

I wouldn't be upset, but it would be weird.

Happy chametz eating day for my Jewish friends.

I would find that out of place. But they may just be a bit thoughtless?

Hard to say - to me Easter has more a secular meaning nowadays, just like Christmas. For example, children often have an Easter Egg hunt at schools regardless of religion. (Personally, I have Jewish, Orthodox Christian and even Ultra Orthodox Christian background, and married into a CofE family with generations of vicars - I am quite a mix haha). It’s either them being a bit forgetful/daft even (what with your explanation). Or do you think your relationship is taking a turn and they are becoming a bit antisemitic? If the latter, obviously distance yourself.

We don't even call Easter eggs Easter eggs at home, we call them "seasonal spring chocolate eggs".

Sure you do. 👀

dep if it’s an individual message or they have sent it as a group message/bcc

In a previous post you say that you do but Easter eggs for the children so it isn’t quite true that you don’t celebrate the Easter period in some way.
you may not do this in any religious way - like the majority of people tbh - but you engage in the secular side of it, as you do Christmas.

It's a cultural event with its roots in a pagan tradition that was then appropriated by a Christian tradition.

🎯

I get wished happy Eid, Divali, Easter, etc etc all festivals I have no belief in. Am I upset / offended? Of course not, it’s just a pleasantry, something nice. I think you need to unclench.

Intent is everything. They were being nice. Take it as such.

This makes no sense.

You’re okay with your kids “feeling left out” of Easter but not Xmas.

You don’t believe in Jesus but celebrate Xmas.

You think Xmas is unrelated to Jesus and all about (fictional) Santa even though it very clearly involves Jesus?

By this logic, why not say “Easter to us is all about the (fictional) Easter bunny, so we get our kids chocolate eggs so they don’t miss out”? At least this way, your confusions would be consistent.

As another secular Jew, I wonder if they are a bit muddled about you "doing Christmas" (in your own way) and perhaps thought you might take the same approach with Easter - getting eggs for the kids or whatever?

I have a very clear sense of how my family does a Christmas x Hannukah mashup, but when I try to explain it to others it's clear as mud.

Or, simpler even, they were sending Easter wishes to however many WhatsApp friends at the same time and including you on autopilot?

Hurry up, kids, it’s time to hunt for your seasonal spring chocolate eggs!

I mean we are atheists, the majority of our friends are atheists, and we still say Happy Easter to each other. It means ‘have a nice long weekend if you’re off, have a nice holiday, have a nice fun day with friends and family, I’m thinking of you’ that sort of thing. My religious friend sent me a happy Easter, I sent one back - our Easters are quite different but we still wish each other goodwill.