How has Easter changed so much?

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When I was a child (60s/70s) Good Friday was a day when you went early to buy Hot Cross Buns and this was the ONLY day you ate them. Otherwise, all the shops were closed, there were religious programmes on TV and a lot of people ate the traditional fish for dinner. Easter Saturday was a 'fun' day, buying nice food for Sunday. On Easter Sunday you probably were given a chocolate egg or two and had roast lamb for dinner. Again, there were religious programmes on TV. Easter Monday was a day for picnics, etc., but all the shops were still closed.

It seems a shame that the true meaning of Easter has more or less disappeared, having been overtaken by a mountain of chocolate in various shapes and forms, some people having Easter trees with decorations and other themed items. I saw one comment this morning (not on here) stating that 'Easter is for kids', echoing the nonsense that 'Christmas is for kids'. It is not - it's for everyone who wants to mark the event.

I remember the 80s clearly, and don't remember anything like that. Except for the TV to some extent, but it's harder to escape with that few channels, along with a slightly more religious population. I remember stumbling onto religious things a lot more through the year as a result not just Easter.

Good Friday for me involved the longest church service of the year and fasting. No hot cross buns in our house. Easter Sunday was the same as any other Sunday - church, roast, walk, tea. The only difference was we got a cream egg at church and loads of chocolate at home. I got a big egg from parents, grandparents and auntie. Easter now for me and my dc just doesn’t involve church or fasting. They get lots of chocolate and we have a roast.

Social media and people caring way too much about what others are or aren't doing!
So what if others have mountains of chocolate or whatever? Easter's whatever you make it.
Shops are still shut at Easter, mine got one Easter egg each..
I've been watching On The Buses and eating hot cross buns here 😁

There's nothing 'miserable' about eating hot cross buns on Good Friday only or on Holy Week only and not stuffing every possible variation from Boxing Day onwards.
Fish and chips on Good Friday was a very easy denial (of red meat) and still is.

They are British traditions that pre date Christianity in this country that have prevailed.

Same with a lot of the iconography around Christmas.

No erasure, just history.

Interesting take though, when Christianity actively erased, often violently, other prevailing religions in many countries.

I remember hot cross buns being a good friday only thing. I think a lot of seasonal food is being sold for longer and longer. Christmas food is being sold from summer onwards now and easter stuff from before Christmas.

I can't get worked up about how other people do Easter, or any other festival. We do things how we like them and let other people do Easter how they want to do it.

Not in any way, shape or form from a religious family but I do remember in the 80s, hot cross buns being a special treat on Good Friday. My mum really made a big fuss of having them.