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Since when has easter be some the new christams

29 replies

99pokerface · 05/04/2015 09:50

I have no issue with children getting tons of eggs however I just seen of facebook serval people post pictures of their children easter hall
One included

And hand made doll with easter bunny ears
And massive duck
Easter eggs
A game
A frozen dress and a
Huge Easter cake

Iam I missing somthing my daugter has a wind up Easter chic that we brought she loving it and howls when it jumps up and a few eggs people are actually posting pictures of them sitting round with Easter gifts as if christmas bizzare of is that just me

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ResurrectAndEatShitChoc · 05/04/2015 09:51

Each to their own. Some people treat easter better than xmas.

No harm done

SomewhereIBelong · 05/04/2015 09:53

We don't, but then we don't treat Christmas as some big consumer fest either.

( But you said yourself DD has a wind up Easter chick - it is the start for you too...)

Koalafications · 05/04/2015 09:53

I've not seen anything like that.

Could be lots of reasons for it though, for example they could have had a shit Christmas and want to celebrate something with their children now. They could just want to spend lots of money treating their children.

Their choice really, isn't it?

sooperdooper · 05/04/2015 09:54

Not round here it isn't although sone people do seem to make much more of a big deal of it than we do

shewept · 05/04/2015 09:57

In the church its as big (if not bigger) than Christmas. As a kid I remember getting 17 eggs one year. Because each of my aunties bought one for us, then aunties on the other side, mum bought us a couple, grandparents, family friends. Then there were competitions at school and our church gave them out.

We don't really do it though. Mum buys the kids an egg and we get them something. But not on the scale of my childhood.

butterfly2015 · 05/04/2015 10:02

My kids have eggs from us, ndn, their step sister, a friend and my parents don't buy eggs as they get enough so will have got them a gift.

They have quite a lot of chocolate. They were on an Easter egg hunt yesterday and got a bag of eggs plus dd 2 won a giant egg. They are happy, they hunted round the house this morning for their stuff.

BeyondRepair · 05/04/2015 10:04

In continental countries they have always made more of easter, huge parade in street, decorating trees outside....

why is it considered better to not make a big deal of anything?

and since when did giving a bunny - mean its more than xmas?
Life is short, play it down if you want too, but dont berate people who want to celebrate as much as they can.

PurpleSwift · 05/04/2015 10:04

I find it silly but really can't get worked up over it. I Wish I had an Easter cake... LO got one egg off us and a couple off family and that's it.

Lilliana · 05/04/2015 10:05

We gave DD an Elsa dress. Her birthday is really close to Christmas so she hardly had anything for Christmas as she didn't need any more and we get her bits throughout the year instead.

MidniteScribbler · 05/04/2015 10:05

We do presents in lieu of eggs (other than one or two small ones). It's just something my parents started when I was a child (they gave me the choice of chocolate or an actual gift and I chose the gift). I'm doing the same now with DS. To each their own.

Flissypix · 05/04/2015 10:09

We have always had a large celebration for Easter. Special breakfast, easter egg hunt, church, lunch with extended family.
As a child I was allergic to chocolate (the horror) so my parents started buying us small presents instead. Now we do a mixture of eggs and presents so we don't end up with too much chocolate.
My DH family don't celebrate at all, no easter lunch or anything I assumed that everyone did something not necessarily religious but just tradition.

Flugdrachen · 05/04/2015 10:10

we've always just done eggs but dh's family (elderly relatives - great aunts etc) buy the children presents - clothes/games/money - for Easter so perhaps it has always been a thing.

I can't get wound up about other people doing stuff differently from me.

Flugdrachen · 05/04/2015 10:12

oh actually I just remembered my second step mum is Ukrainian & they make a MASSIVE deal about Easter. We always loved being with dad at Easter because her family made a huge deal of it - eggs, feast, gifts!

Jackieharris · 05/04/2015 10:14

I've already been pissed off with this on fb.

Martyr mums (never dad's) posting pics of all the Easter trips/toys/ bonnets/eggs/presents they have got their DCs.

It's pathetic bragging done by competitive uber mums whose DCs will probably hate then as much as the rest of us when they hit their teens.

It's so hard to stay silent!

CaptainSubtext · 05/04/2015 10:14

To my Christian friends Easter is understandably bigger than Christmas.

In our house it's just a regular Sunday but with a chocolate Easter egg hunt in the morning.

My grandma gave us some money for Easter but she really just uses Easter as an excuse to do that bless her. In the past I've used it to buy toys or clothes but this year it's paying for a sports club, they have enough stuff already.

In the past I've toyed with the idea of getting them an actual present to open but decided against it as they are so excited just to find a few chocolate eggs I don't want to overshadow that.

I feel like we only just had Christmas :o

mawbroon · 05/04/2015 10:15

Probably mostly since retailers started promoting Easter presents.
I worked in John Lewis in the 90s and saw the start of it there. Just little things like chick shaped egg cups and the like and it has grown from there.

Dontforgetyourbrolly · 05/04/2015 10:18

If you are Catholic like me, Easter is a really big deal - my family in Italy celebrate it bigger than Xmas. However- I totally agree that everything has become OTT!
Christmas, easter, valentines day, Halloween etc etc ......so American!

For religious festivals it seems people have forgotten the true meaning, and those other made up days are just to sell rubbish and make money IMO

FiftyShadesOfNifty · 05/04/2015 10:19

Gosh we do diddly squat. Toddler DDs get maybe 1 or 2 eggs from GPs that DH and I eat most off as they are too little for so much chocolate obvs but then we just potter around like any other bank holiday weekend.

Next year we might go skiing.

AliceLidlsWhiteChocolateRabbit · 05/04/2015 10:22

Mostly I've seen pictures of people doing easter egg hunts around their house or garden.

We did a trail of little eggs and things dotted through the house to a little basket of chocolate things under the easter tree, which is a few painted twigs covered in mostly homemade ornaments, that DS and I have spent time together making because it's fun.

DS has just had a birthday, and because his birthday is so close to easter (once it actually fell on Easter Sunday) we are swamped with eggs and presents anyway, so we don't go overboard on stuff because he's got plenty anyway.

Some people prefer to give a present because it will last longer than an egg or is a healthier choice.

People do what they enjoy. I'm never sure why people are so keen to question what others are doing in relation to how they chose to celebrate or how much money they spend doing it.

If they want to and can afford to, how is it harming you or anyone else? Even if they are then posting photo's of it on Facebook to prove it Grin

CuttedUpPear · 05/04/2015 10:22

It's your Facebook friends that are the problem.
You know how to remove them from your news feed, right?
Problem solved.

itsnotmeitsyou1 · 05/04/2015 10:25

I remember getting a load of Easter eggs when I was a child. It was thanks to being a good, Sunday school girl. Plus relatives would give us huge eggs (proper big dairy milk, none of this little £1 buttons malarky). My mother and grandparents realised how disgustingly spoilt (and heading for diabetes) we were, so usually just gave us a small token (a little fluffy chick toy for example).

I've seen these Easter baskets, from parents. I'm sorry, but I do judge. A treat isn't a treat when it's excessive. No one can deny its over the top. What happend to enjoying little things? Having some chocolate, painting eggs, being grateful for what you have?

Urgh, I've turned into my grandma. I remember when all this used to be fields!

notsmartenough · 05/04/2015 10:46

I remember my mother buying me skirt suits (and hats!) to wear to church on Easter Sunday. This was fifty years ago. I thought they were lovely...
I would also be given one or two chocolate eggs.
I was in awe of the massive display of Easter eggs two of my friends (sisters) would have in their living room. One year they must have had about thirty eggs between them - took them weeks if not months to get through them.
Mine would be gone by Tuesday.

JigsawsAreAllLittlePieces · 05/04/2015 11:10

Coming from a large family where everyone gave each other an egg, we would often have 9 or 10 eggs each plus a new top/jumper and easter novelties like bunny ears etc.

And definitely an easter cake! :)

PeachyPants · 05/04/2015 11:12

Some of my rellies have given the DC gifts instead of eggs, I'm quite happy about that as I don't really want them eating their body weight in chocolate.

Iseesheep · 05/04/2015 11:24

My daughter's friend was given £200 in lieu of an Easter egg this morning. Some sort of egg that would have been if it had actually materialised!

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