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AIBU to not give DD a pile of gifts for Easter?

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johalgh · 09/03/2016 13:19

DD is 7 and will receive an egg, an Easter cuddly and maybe a couple of Easter themed trinket type things if I see anything nice. But I know on Easter Sunday Facebook will be filled with photographs of piles of stuff that give Christmas a run for it's money. Am I being mean? It was a single egg in my day...

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DisappointedOne · 09/03/2016 13:39

I don't even give eggs (the one my mother bought DD last year is still in the fridge).

Chocolatteaddict1 · 09/03/2016 13:40

When I was in facebook I started seeing a lot of this it was fucking ridiculous!

Piles and piles of chocolate, gifts and clothes.

I think it's parents with a lot of low self esteem that only do shit like this.

Dd 2 (3) will get a bag of small eggs for a egg hunt that is all.

Myself and dd1 (20) will eat out own weight in toasted hot cross buns Grin

pudcat · 09/03/2016 13:40

Gosh Easter gifts - whatever next? As bad as all the wonderful gifts on show for Mothering Sunday.

NinaSimoneful · 09/03/2016 13:40

Easter gift? That's a new one on me. DD will get a chocolate bunny (from her Nanna) and a chocolate egg from us and we think that's plenty. Plenty of chocolate for a 3 year old.

I remember years ago the kids in DHs family getting eggs from aunts/uncles and they ended up with 18 easter eggs each.

Chocolatteaddict1 · 09/03/2016 13:42

Ben Hur after roast lamb - standard Easter Shizzle at the choco house holdGrin

Twowrongsdontmakearight · 09/03/2016 13:42

We have a family Easter egg hunt. At one time we ended up with 15+ eggs each so we now do a secret Easter bunny instead. I get my DC about 5 eggs to hunt because they're not the little ones anymore and it makes me sad!

NeedSomePeaceAndQuite · 09/03/2016 13:44

I buy my DD something normally for the garden she's 3 doesn't have chocolate so normally gets some Easter themed sweets from DGP but then I'll get her something she can play in in the garden, this year I'm going to get a sandpit that I've seen on offer. She'll love it and I'd buy it anyway

MitzyLeFrouf · 09/03/2016 13:45

I had no idea some children received Easter gifts. What a load of old nonsense.

FellOutOfBedTwice · 09/03/2016 13:45

For Easter my DD will get a single egg and the gift of boredom in the form of (I expect) bad weather over the course of several days of bank holidays, Ben Hur and a roast with her grandparents and aunt. This is the British way, not gifts Hmm

Happymummy007 · 09/03/2016 13:46

I don't think it's only "parents with a lot of low self esteem" that do this Chocolatteaddict1. Occasionally there might be another reason too, although I totally understand your point. :)

MitzyLeFrouf · 09/03/2016 13:47

'For most people it's still an egg and Ben-Hur after a lunch of roast lamb.'

I'm with you on the roast lamb. Of course. But I'm more of a Those Magnificent Men in their Flying Machines kinda gal than a Ben Hur one.

supermariossister · 09/03/2016 13:48

I buy whatever seems a good idea at the time if that's 5 easter eggs to do a hunt, 1 easter egg or a toy/game. I don't feel that I need to justify why I do they are my children and I'll make the decision. Do whatever you want to do and let other people do the same.

ineedaholidaynow · 09/03/2016 13:49

Happymummy we do the same as DS's birthday is close to Christmas, he also doesn't like chocolate so he gets gifts, but nothing too extravagant.
Instead of an Easter egg hunt we hide plastic eggs which have written clues hidden in them and he has to work out what the gifts might be.

CiderwithBuda · 09/03/2016 13:49

A friend of mine is in her forties and they always got Lego for Easter when she was a child so I don't think it's a new thing for some people.

We always got new clothes to wear to Mass and an egg and some eggs from relatives.

DS is now 14 but still likes a good haul of eggs! I've got him one and I'll get him some other normal chocolate he likes.

PaulAnkaTheDog · 09/03/2016 13:51

supermario same. I'd prefer to get my son the new scooter he needs and give it to him as a gift as a gift at Easter instead of another chocolate egg, when I know our family have got him some.

Ginmakesitallok · 09/03/2016 13:54

Ours get eggs from relatives, usually something to wear from granny. We paint eggs in the morning, and roll them in the afternoon. But no big presents as such.

kslatts · 09/03/2016 13:55

I just get my two dd's (16 & 14) an egg each. I used to do an easter egg hunt when they were younger.

fuzzpig · 09/03/2016 13:55

YANBU! When I saw the title on 'trending' I only saw the first half and thought it would be about her birthday (and I was going to say that I would find it hard not to as there are looooads of things I would like to get my DD this year :o).

But Easter presents? Confused No, not here, it's just a bit of chocolate. The Easter Bunny leaves a treasure hunt overnight with cryptic clues and codes :o

I know some families use Easter as an opportunity to get their DCs something they'd otherwise have to wait a long time for if their birthdays aren't for ages (like summer clothes or outdoor toys) which seems sensible. My two are getting an early birthday present each this year, as DD needs ballroom shoes (so Nanny is getting a lovely pair for her this week as DD's waited a long time since she started the lessons) and DS is surprisingly ready for roller blades so is getting them soon rather than waiting until the end of summer when the best of the good weather will be over. But they know they that means one less present on their actual birthday rather than it being 'just because'.

We aren't religious though so don't really celebrate Easter other than the hunt for chocolate on the Sunday morning :o

CleanHankie · 09/03/2016 13:55

We give our DD's an Easter Egg each and a small gift of approx £20 in value. My parents also do the same for me. This is because of the same reason that a PP gave, I have a birthday very near Christmas, and it just means I get to enjoy unwrapping a present at another time of year. Daft I know, but it would also mean my parents could spread the cost of gift giving, and I would receive toys for the summer at Easter too. One of my DD's is a Christmas day baby so it made sense to continue the tradition that my parents did with me. As I say, we don't spend more than £20 on them, this year they're getting a Playmobil item between them and a book each.

BurtMacklinsWife · 09/03/2016 13:56

I get my DD Easter gifts because she has diabetes, and chocolate sends her blood sugars out of range.

She is 7 and will get a book, an Easter cuddly and some Lego and some baking things.

I'm glad it's becoming a thing because it meant I was able to buy nice Easter wrapping paper in Paperchase!

Chewbecca · 09/03/2016 13:58

Huh? It's an Easter egg only and the egg is a must.

I recall at about 8 or 9 my parents gave me a pair of trainers for Easter instead of an egg. They were from M&S so not cool even cool trainers and I needed them for school as I'd outgrown my previous ones. I felt so hard done by.

chibsortig · 09/03/2016 13:58

Its trying to become like christmas i swear :(
Mine have eggs not lots just a few hollow chocolate eggs that we do an egg hunt with, and they are having a trip to the pictures because theyve two weeks off school. We might get to the local petting farm to see the newborn animals but we certainly arent buying piles of presents.
We have hot cross buns toasted for breakfast and roast lamb for lunch as tradition.

The easter bunny brings chocolate nothing else.

wigglesrock · 09/03/2016 13:58

My mum does each of the kids an Easter basket, my mil does an Easter basket for the youngest and the other two get eggs. My sil and I buy each others kids a tshirt or a book. I tend to take the kids away for the day complete with gift shop tat instead of eggs.

My granny used to give us a fiver to buy ourselves something instead of an egg when we were younger and I'm in my 40s.

MitzyLeFrouf · 09/03/2016 14:00

'Its trying to become like christmas i swear'

Well the shops would certainly like it to but we must remain steadfast! The whole joy of Easter is that it's nice and low-key and there's lots of chocolate.

itssnowjoke · 09/03/2016 14:05

I have seen the Facebook pictures of toys, teddies, x box games and money too plus usually a onesie of some kind.

DD will get an egg off me, an egg off my Mum and Dad and possibly one off her uncle.