To think it isn't 'choccy egg day'

[lisaIambe]

Overheard in supermarket this morning. Mum happily telling moaning DC that if they didn't stop the choccy egg bunny won't bring them anything for choccy egg day.

I know not everyone is religious. But given the name 'Easter' isn't exactly loaded with religious connotations, AIBU to think renaming Easter 'choccy egg day' is just ridiculous?

For Christians, Easter eggs are a symbol of the resurrection of Christ. The shell represents the tomb, and cracking it open represents the resurrection and new life.

Never once heard this in my time at a Catholic school (10 years).

And that's a bloody stretch.

I resent the fact that I can't take the days off when it suits me, ditto Xmas.

Best story here is the Easter bunny murder so maybe we should call it Pyscho Killer Bunny Day.

Campfire I agree it's good to know about the beliefs of all religions and discuss them in a tolerant way. However most religions present their traditional beliefs in less "this is true" language when addressing non believers in the west. With Christian doctrine there is no "we believe that x symbolises y" or "for my community/ church/ family this is important because" - it's all phrased so proprietorially and defensively, which really does put a lot of people's backs up and make a tolerant response harder to summon up!

I feel the same about "Pancake day", but think if you aren't going for Shrove Tuesday, then you might as well call it chocolate day and Christmas might as well be presents day.

Easter is... well... easter.
And yes, Christianity attached ita festivals to preexisting ones. (A bit like Christmas brcause Jesus was not born then, as my vicar reminded everyone during our christmas servive )

Just tell kids what it is, what some people believe and that its a cuktural festival for non believers.

Why people have to invent silly 'choccy egg day' names is beyond me. Things like this make me realise how some kids come out with corkers in term of limited general knowledge. Its because some people dont actually talk to their kids about actual stuff.

I grew up very confused about Easter, I could never understand why we didn't eat the chocolate on Good Friday because, well, it's called Good and chocolate is good innit...

My parents once unwisely left me in the back of the car with all the chocolate on a 280 mile journey back from my grandparents. They never did it again. I had a great time though.

Apologies FloggingMolly, I see now you were referring to a pp, I thought you were offering another name for choccy egg day!

flogging the egg didn't have that written on it, that's what he said when he gave me it. We both laughed. Weird sense of humour in our house

But yes, 'choccy egg day' is vomit inducing even though I couldn't care less about whether it's seen as a Christian festival or not.

Celebrating Torture Day?

I prefer zombie Jesus day.

Maisy you've summed it up much better than I have.

It's none of my business what religion or lack of religion kids are brought up in, but I do think it's only fair to equip them with the knowledge to make their own minds up as adults either way. I have no issue with parents telling kids that Easter is a day on which Christians believe Jesus arose from the dead and most Brits still celebrate even if they don't believe in God and the bible story, so we mark it by having a few days off school/work and eating chocolate eggs. That is basically what mine did. I do have an issue with reducing the whole thing to 'choccy egg day.'

Chocky egg day??? Massive cringe!!!!

Who cares it was stolen from the pagans anyway and was originally called ostara and all about reproduction and the goddess being fertile and making the land bloom again!

Call it what you like but don't get uppity that it's a "Christian" holiday and should be respected as such when really it was nothing of the sort.
Don't get me started on Christmas.

OP how old were the kids? They'll be taught this in school anyway?

Interestingly, in my language, the word for Easter literally means 'great night.' Good Friday is still good Friday, but at least the actual day Jesus arose gets the title 'great.'

YANBU. That's like calling Christmas Wrappy Pressie Day!

I don't care if people believe in Jesus and the resurrection. My children may grow up and think it all a load of twaddle, I just hate how Nestle, Kraft, and supermarkets have hijacked yet another religious festival in order to sell us tat and confectionary. The irony being that it's probably the non-believers who end up spending more on these days.

How cringeworthy --if this really happened.

Youngest one throwing the strop was at least in reception, could well have been older.

LOL @ 'roasty woasty din dins'

Salmotrutta I have better things to do that make this sort of thing up

Would you be as perturbed by the use of xmas?

Too much bloody religion in Easter. And Christmas.

(I'm kidding. I'm a practicing Catholic and particularly hate the commercialisation of Easter; the most important event in the Christian calendar- yes it's more important than Christmas! My children love Easter eggs, but are very aware of what Easter is actually about)

OP, so they were little? They'll learn all that in school then, they've got ages.

I go to shops as little as possible so I don't see the rampant commercialism tbh.

Yeah.
Ok.