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Are you planning for Easter already?

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nibbledhiscable · 22/01/2023 08:20

All of my old time friends have got it all sorted pretty much. One is hosting this year and the previous year another friend did it

They've hired Peter Rabbit to come and greet the children, and got their personalised Easter bags at the ready. Also personalised Easter Box with DC name on them

I got a text this morning to say Little Lords and Ladies have released their Easter 2023 pjs and to order now or they'll all get taken (they only do so many and then stop)

Then it'll be a roast for the adults with picky bits for the children.

One of my friends kindly bought me one last year as I'd run out of time Blush so my DS has one but I'll need one for DD now

Do most people plan this far ahead? I'm just trying to work it out as I'm a hypocrite really. I've been known to buy Christmas bits in January!

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RosaMoline · 22/01/2023 10:33

First ‘North Pole Breakfasts’ and now this. Absolutely fucking ridiculous and irritating.
When I was with the exH & my two were little, 20 plus years ago, The Easter weekend would consist mainly of this most years: Hot Cross Buns, a chocolate egg or two each plus a non chocolate gift, egg decorating, maybe making some cute cupcakes with those little fluffy Easter chicks and some mini eggs & usually the parents or in laws coming over for a roast.

NyanBinaryJohn · 22/01/2023 10:37

Then it'll be a roast for the adults with picky bits for the children.

The kids don't get to eat roast dinner?

Parker231 · 22/01/2023 10:42

PetitPorpoise · 22/01/2023 08:31

Haven't even thought about it. The only 'planning' I do is remembering to buy the eggs in early March before all the good ones get sold.

The problem with buying early is the temptation to have one now!

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catsonahottinroof · 22/01/2023 10:43

I honestly thought the op was a spoof along the lines of the people planning what to have for Christmas dinner in August!

webuiltthiscityonrockandwheat · 22/01/2023 10:43

I prefer Easter to Christmas as a Christian because it's less commercialised and we can spend time with the family and reflect on the what Easter means for us. Or it was, I guess it's getting just as commercialised as Christmas now. We'll do a little egg trail for my DC and probably have a meal with my parents and PIL but no pjs, no boxes, no personalised things

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nibbledhiscable · 22/01/2023 10:51

WeWereInParis · 22/01/2023 10:02

What's an Easter box? What do you put in it?

A book, bunny ears head band, chocolate bunny, a bunny/chick teddy, popcorn maybe, sweet cones, pjs

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ClockingTime · 22/01/2023 10:57

nibbledhiscable · 22/01/2023 08:33

Can't find where Peter Rabbit has come from but I'll keep looking as they said he was found on FB

Found this one though for anyone near Braintree Essex Grin

Sounds like something off the Vicar of Dibley.

BakewellGin1 · 22/01/2023 10:59

No planning here yet other then to get eggs while they are cheapest in asda this year...
I always get both DS 3 eggs, a set of clothes and £20 in a card. Mainly because they get plenty eggs from family.
When we see if DH is home then il decide what to do about lunch and we often have a trip out with is being a long weekend.

Fooddrama · 22/01/2023 11:00

All sounds very ott, sorry op.

I don't prefer anything in particular.

I take the dc to choose an big Easter egg each in good time. We will do some sort of mini egg baking and have roast lamb for dinner.

That's it.

ThreeRingCircus · 22/01/2023 11:07

It just sounds like people making more work for themselves and doing things purely to show off on social media if I'm brutally honest.

Easter here consists of an Easter egg hunt in the garden for a chocolate egg and a roast dinner. Job done.

Holliegee · 22/01/2023 11:12

Yep!!! I’ve bought an Easter bunny teapot from the charity shop.
my Easter decor is ready to be put out.
im going to cook lamb so I’m watching for deals
And I shall start buying numerous eggs for my lactose intolerant son soon - last year I bought him 15 and a stuffed bunny which I admit was excessive as he is 22😂 - but my favourite part is when DP and I go to buy Easter eggs for all his family and grandchildren - I get to choose all the eggs and I don’t have to pay !!!

Plumbear2 · 22/01/2023 11:18

nibbledhiscable · 22/01/2023 10:51

A book, bunny ears head band, chocolate bunny, a bunny/chick teddy, popcorn maybe, sweet cones, pjs

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The thing about this is kids are more than happy to get a chocolate egg and maybe an egg hunt. Less is more and all that. Do this now and they will expect games consoles when they hit their teens

piedbeauty · 22/01/2023 11:20

Christ on a bike, no. But then all we do for Easter is have an egg hunt then paint and roll boiled eggs and have lunch.

Going OTT for Easter sounds bonkers.

reluctantbrit · 22/01/2023 11:46

We normally have a larger lunch with a roast, nice dessert, decorate the house from Palm Sunday onwards and DD hunts for eggs in the garden (she is a teen but hey, it's chocolate). We don't do the big eggs as that's not how we grew up in Germany.
Hot Cross buns and some cake for afternoon.
There is a small gift for DD as well, in the past to counteract the amount of chocolate she got, now it's a token like a book or body stuff.

This year we are away over Easter, I think I will take a small bunny for each of us with us and leave some more chocolate at home when we come back on Easter Monday.

But definitely no new pyjamas or doorstep visits etc.

WolfFoxHare · 22/01/2023 12:00

I just plan to get my DS’s eggs well beforehand so I’m not one of those people panicking the day before Easter because the shops have all sold out and moved onto flogging summer stuff.

Crinkle77 · 22/01/2023 12:05

Who plans for Easter? You just buy a few eggs and perhaps a nice lamb roast dinner with family? What else is there to do?

Taswama · 22/01/2023 12:17

I have some time booked off and will be buying some eggs to hide in the garden.

That’s it.

Personalised anything that kids will grow out of is just terrible for the environment as you can’t even hand it on to someone else. The idea that you’d get personalised PJs just for Easter fills me with horror.

(My kids have had leavers hoodies but always a size too big to get maximum wear out of them)

Holliegee · 22/01/2023 13:03

Crinkle77 · 22/01/2023 12:05

Who plans for Easter? You just buy a few eggs and perhaps a nice lamb roast dinner with family? What else is there to do?

Buy a rabbit shaped teapot from the charity shop - obvs 🙄😂😂😂

tiredandstripey · 22/01/2023 13:37

I will admit that I do tend to go in for stuff like this because I have a ridiculous obsession with the seasons and seasonal themes/toys. But an Easter box and Easter pyjamas are too much even for me. I draw the line at hanging eggs on a tree and putting out our loosely Easter themed books (in my defence I have a child with SEN and one of the few things they do actually engage well with is seasonal stuff at preschool eg. Have spent this week excited about CNY because they made dragons at preschool, so I try to lean into it).

However I love seasonal rituals and the traditional aspects of various times of year and see no need to over commercialise it. Activities like crafts and themed baking are lovey because they provide the chance to spend quality time with the DC, and books are always lovely to share so I see no harm in reading Easter stories. But at some point the money just gets silly and people are in danger of just raising spoilt children who expect presents, new clothes, chocolates and treats at every opportunity. Make it about the time together and not about the purchases.

inappropriateraspberry · 22/01/2023 13:59

tiredandstripey · 22/01/2023 13:37

I will admit that I do tend to go in for stuff like this because I have a ridiculous obsession with the seasons and seasonal themes/toys. But an Easter box and Easter pyjamas are too much even for me. I draw the line at hanging eggs on a tree and putting out our loosely Easter themed books (in my defence I have a child with SEN and one of the few things they do actually engage well with is seasonal stuff at preschool eg. Have spent this week excited about CNY because they made dragons at preschool, so I try to lean into it).

However I love seasonal rituals and the traditional aspects of various times of year and see no need to over commercialise it. Activities like crafts and themed baking are lovey because they provide the chance to spend quality time with the DC, and books are always lovely to share so I see no harm in reading Easter stories. But at some point the money just gets silly and people are in danger of just raising spoilt children who expect presents, new clothes, chocolates and treats at every opportunity. Make it about the time together and not about the purchases.

Agree absolutely. Lovely to decorate eggs, make Easter biscuits etc but it's just greedy retailers trying to turn every event into a spending spree.

00100001 · 22/01/2023 14:14

Holliegee · 22/01/2023 11:12

Yep!!! I’ve bought an Easter bunny teapot from the charity shop.
my Easter decor is ready to be put out.
im going to cook lamb so I’m watching for deals
And I shall start buying numerous eggs for my lactose intolerant son soon - last year I bought him 15 and a stuffed bunny which I admit was excessive as he is 22😂 - but my favourite part is when DP and I go to buy Easter eggs for all his family and grandchildren - I get to choose all the eggs and I don’t have to pay !!!

Why would you give anyone 15 eggs...? Confused

00100001 · 22/01/2023 14:16

Taswama · 22/01/2023 12:17

I have some time booked off and will be buying some eggs to hide in the garden.

That’s it.

Personalised anything that kids will grow out of is just terrible for the environment as you can’t even hand it on to someone else. The idea that you’d get personalised PJs just for Easter fills me with horror.

(My kids have had leavers hoodies but always a size too big to get maximum wear out of them)

So... A leaver hoodie is somehow different, because it isn't personalised stuff that kids will grow out of that you can't even hand on to someone else??

LadyOfTheCanyon · 22/01/2023 14:22

God, I judge. I judge hard.

I love Easter. I'm Pagan so for me Ä’ostre is about welcoming the spring in all its forms, putting the long nights and hardship behind us for a few months. And yeah, chocolate.

The rush to monetise every fucking thing with plasticky tacky bollocks is so saddening and I wish people would grow a pair of balls and just Stop Doing It. But people buckle under the pressure put on them by Social Media.

When I was a child ( yes, I know, cue Hovis commercial music...) we used to go to the Bakers first thing on Good Friday and queue up for Hot Cross Buns straight from the oven.
I'd get an egg on Easter Sunday and we'd go to church. And that's be yer lot.

Children need less pandering to, not more. The idea that every bank holiday, or notable date needs a new pair of pyjamas makes me fucking livid. My God there are people in the world without access to clean drinking water and here we are spaffing money up the walls on grown adults in rabbit costumes.

deplorabelle · 22/01/2023 14:28

The OP is clearly creating viral content to market the pyjamas (well done)

Religious people have got to get through Candlemas, endless "get ready for lent!" sermons and lent before Easter.

SpringtimeCherries · 22/01/2023 14:34

I could not have an Easter Egg sat in the cupboard for more than a month, hell even a couple of weeks. I would have eaten it!

I kind of envy your friends, Oh to have such a lovely life that you don’t have so much going on that you can plan for Easter already! I’d love to have that life!