To think it’s easter not christmas?

I remember when my kids were little and my MIL started buying them clothes for Easter.
I just remember thinking wtf, an egg would have done. So odd. I mean obviously I was grateful and we said thank you but there was absolutely no need. I had a Catholic upbringing. Never had new clothes. As my nan would say, god don’t care what you wear in his house 😂

Read, listen to music, play games, go swimming, go for walks, go on picnics, play football, take the kids to the park, garden, sew, do crafts, bake, go for a bike ride, watch a film, there are masses of lovely things to do as a family. The festivals are fun too, it just seems endless and excessive at times especially given how many are struggling with the cost of living

An easter egg hunt in the garden with lots of small eggs and a few bigger ones to find. There's absolutely no need for all the other stuff. I agree with you.

Great day with my parents and kids and partner & family.

Massive roast. Massiver trifle. Fat as pigs now. Whole Easter egg for breakfast. Too.many hot cross buns since Friday.

Praise be to Judas Iscariot I say.

In order to see someone normal’s social media posts, you have to have actively taken the decision to follow them. (Unlike businesses /professional content creators who pay to have their posts “suggested for you”)

What the fuck are you doing choosing to follow people whose “mundane lives” you have no interest in?! What were you expecting ordinary, non-famous people to post about?

If you just see SM posts as boasting, why bother with it? Why follow normal people on SM? Why stay online friends with people you don’t like in real life?

That’s the real madness, not buying a couple of extra gifts and treats for a traditional feast day.

Me too - it's my favourite time of year - no e of the pressure of Christmas and l love making the kids search for their treasure (which consists of carrots, plastic reusable eggs etc etc) - no pics on social media from me, just kids having fun with some.chocolate at the end. And roast lamb is much nicer than turkey!

exactly it's a horrible obsession assuming everyone is interested in your mundane life

I wouldn’t assume that because religion and beliefs are not only celebrated in a church

Why wouldn't you assume that? Easter is THE most important event in the Christian Calendar. People do 'celebrate' at Easter for other reasons, as evidenced by this thread, but Easter is a religious festival in origin?

Why would you assume all Christians go to church on Easter?

Why is acceptable to have a Christmas pile but not an Easter pile?

Why not? 🐰

Ironically I found a post really bleak that was just a couch full of stuff. There wasn’t even anything Easter related amongst the stuff.
The happy posts are the ones where children are beaming with their Easter eggs or eating their mini egg waffles for breakfast. But that post of the pile of stuff was a bit sad and grey. not exactly joyful.

One of my grandsons hate chocolate so we buy him foam bunnies etc

Ill tell you what the need is.

The world is a horrible place. As a nation we havent been truly happy in over a decade. Everyone is constantly at each others throats.

If that means finding moments of hapiness where you can, especially with little ones, through boo boxes or easter eggs or decorating the house then fucking do it. Go for it.

The world is full of absolute curmudgeons

Someone asked: What's a boo box? Someone answered:Like a Christmas Eve box. I fear to ask further in case I come across like Dear Henry in the hole in the bucket song.

Oh yes. It always is. Christmas, birthdays , Easter, Halloween, the wide-eyed assemble to compare their surprise and blame it on social media.
I actually didn't get any further than this response, but it doesn't take much imagination to imagine the way the thread will go.
On the basis of how far I got, the cross-stitch kit and hairbrush buyer wins the best parent award so far.

To be fair Jesus thought that 5 loaves and 2 fishes was adequate to feed 5,000. He would probably have been protesting the sheer gluttony of what people can buy in a supermarket these days.

If they want to, then that’s great for them. But I wonder how many don’t actually want to but still tie themselves in knots and do it. Not helped by social media.

I prefer Easter to Christmas tbh

Laughed out loud at this. Jesus is firmly against anyone spending money on affordable bread, milk or cheese today but is fine with bedding plants, tastefully patterned scarves and a slice of something hellishly over-priced from the tearoom. Farm shops are open and selling £48 steak; Farmfoods is closed. Thank goodness consumerism hasn’t taken over THIS holy day.

No, they’re pagan. The quarters represent the four seasons and phases of the moon. Pre-Christian bread was often scored like this to facilitate breaking and sharing.

Why does it bother you what other people do to celebrate? Each to their own. Celebrate as much or as little as you want or can afford. It’s personal choice. We do what we do and do t care what anyone else is doing.

It’s a tiny tree that has some rabbits and chicks on it. DD loves making things so she has made most of the decorations.