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Who do you give Easter eggs to?

79 replies

sunshinepleasecome · 12/03/2023 20:25

Just children, or adults too?

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sunshineandshowers40 · 12/03/2023 21:34

Just children but I have cut down as they all get so much (my DC and nieces and nephews).

Happycow · 12/03/2023 21:35

My Dc
Niece and nephew
DCs dad (my ex - the kids want to give him one)
My mum
And one for myself 😁

Datafan55 · 12/03/2023 21:52

Based on this week, I'd say;
My nieces.
But I eat them.
Three times over.
Costs me a fortune :-)
#delicious #notsorry

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Hevviie · 12/03/2023 21:54

Just to add - Easter Egg chocolate is the BEST!

Runningoutofusernamestochange · 12/03/2023 22:01

Still buy for my kids as adults and husband. No longer buy for nieces and nephews now they have grown up. Will buy for great nieces/nephews as they arrive. By Easter flowers for whichever adult woman is hosting family Easter gathering if not me!

Zola1 · 12/03/2023 22:03

Our kids, my niece, my brother and sister and my dad. Will take one to my grandad too, he's in a residential home and I love a little chance to take him chocolate.
My eldest has decided she only wants a £1 Easter egg this year as she would prefer a new piercing instead of any of the usual Easter bits they get ☹

Doggydooda · 12/03/2023 22:09

Three adult children ,one grandchild,partners of two of my children,sister,husband

LoveBluey · 12/03/2023 22:16

Just my kids but not sure I'll bother this year as they get a lot as gifts from other people. I actually found 3 unopened Easter eggs from last year lurking in a kitchen cupboard last week so I'd love to cut down on how many we receive or at the very least give some away straight away to avoid this happening again.

NeedWineNow · 12/03/2023 22:21

Large one for my mum and a Lindt bunny for DH. I like a box of Maltesers.

XenoBitch · 12/03/2023 22:23

I get one for my dog Grin

merlotlover · 12/03/2023 22:30

My youngest, three eldest all flown the coup

MaryJean87 · 12/03/2023 22:40

Kids and husband

longtompot · 12/03/2023 23:06

My kids and their partners, and my nieces and nephews

MajorCarolDanvers · 12/03/2023 23:09

DH
My children
Nieces and nephews

AliceMcK · 12/03/2023 23:09

My DCs, if we see family then we will get any children going to be there some. Sometime I may get DH one but he usually just goes round hoovering up the dcs scraps.

MrsSkylerWhite · 12/03/2023 23:10

Children, obviously.

Salamander91 · 12/03/2023 23:29

DC, DH, godson, MIL and FIL. We buy for MIL and FIL because they host us on Easter Sunday.

xprincessxjanetx · 13/03/2023 01:30

Only my DC

Surely2023IsTheYearForMyRainbowBaby · 13/03/2023 01:41

Myself

CanOfPop · 13/03/2023 01:44

DD no one else and I get none.

CanOfPop · 13/03/2023 01:45

I got my nieces and nephews easter eggs once and was coldly told not to buy them chocolate again.

myveryownelectrickitten · 13/03/2023 02:19

—DD, DP, MIL;
— half of the niblings (the other half have dairy allergies, so they get an Eastery gift or book);
— I usually get a plant or some flowers each for the siblings
— some nice chocs and /or a plant for my mum and dad.

We usually have quite a big family meal, so it all ends up a bit like Christmas, but with eggs and plants instead of presents.

DD usually gets around 7 eggs - including one each from grandparents, some from my siblings, one from DP and me, one from her godmother. DD is a bit in an environmental activist so they can’t contain any palm oil! Quite a few of the “eggs” end up being Lindt bunnies….

As a child I got around 6 or 7 eggs each year, as I recall (and I have photos too…) So, about the same number - only the eggs were much smaller then! They were those small Smarties and Buttons and Jelly Tots eggs — not the massive £10 giant monster eggs of today. I’d get one from mum and dad, one from the Easter Bunny, and the rest from grandparents, aunts and uncles. Happy days!

We all stopped getting chocolate eggs after the age of about 12 - it was much more of a kids-only thing then! I used to send the siblings a few little bits of choc when they were at university, but not actual eggs. We didn’t really all start giving Easter presents as adults until eggs for grown ups became more of a thing.

OverHereTryingToFigureItOut · 13/03/2023 04:14

Just my own children.

Baycitystroller · 13/03/2023 05:03

My kids. Why adults expect them I do not know.

Caspianberg · 13/03/2023 05:52

We don’t buy for anyone in particular.
But we just do an egg hunt in the garden, with those small chocolate eggs, or small chocolate rabbits, and coloured hard boiled eggs.
Whoever is here for Easter breakfast gets to join in the Easter hunt and get the rewards.
We then eat the coloured hard boiled eggs and hot cross buns for breakfast, with some chocolate if anyone fancies.