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To not do the Easter Bunny?

133 replies

Supermagicsmile · 27/03/2018 23:06

All the mums in DD's class seem to be doing it in a big way. They were talking about it at a party at the weekend and now I feel really guilty that we've never done it.
Dd is old enough to ask so I also feel bad as I don't have an explanation for why when she inevitably asks why she didn't get a visit from the Easter Bunny when everyone else did.
What would you say? Would you cave and just do it so she's not left out? I don't have any real opposition, just never grew up with it so haven't done it for mine either.

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ElizaDontlittle · 28/03/2018 06:28

YANBU to not "do the Easter Bunny"! Very confusing biology - surely it should be a chicken? - and sounds a bit like one-upmanship to be sat discussing it at a party.

ASqueakingInTheShrubbery · 28/03/2018 06:32

I don't get the Easter Bunny at all. Easter eggs come from Sainsbury's, where they are prominently displayed from about 27th December.

BertieBotts · 28/03/2018 06:32

I don't think the Easter bunny is supposed to be a figure like Santa who brings things. You just get an egg from your parents/other adults in the family. The east Er bunny is just a fun figure associated with the occasion, not a gift bringer.

In my lifetime anyway. I could well believe it is different in other countries. DS keeps going on about it so I think he's seen it online. He's 9 though! I'm not starting it now.

GoBigOrange · 28/03/2018 06:35

I was born in '81, and my mum used to be the Easter Bunny and do an egg hunt for me. She also had these little wooden painted eggs and chicks and bunnies which she hung on small branches of pussy willow and forsythia I think as an Easter tree. So IME, this isn't a new thing.

I live in the US now (from Southern England originally) and will definitely be doing an egg hunt for my son. I'm not pretending to be a bloody rabbit though, its just a fun thing for him to enjoy.

Risefromthedust · 28/03/2018 06:36

My friends who do the 'Easter bunny' do the following.

Hide clues while the kids are asleep. Each clue leads to an egg and another clue. The end clue leads to an Easter basket which is filled with books, magazines, eggs and toys.

It's all a bit much.

Quickerthanavicar · 28/03/2018 06:46

but he died on a cross to save you from your sins.

speakout · 28/03/2018 06:47

No bunnies here- plenty of hares though.

MissDuke · 28/03/2018 06:48

My neighbour leaves out an array of gifts from the bunny - big luxurious eggs, such as personalised from thorntons, a large basket filled with gifts and also some clothes Confused My children see all this so I had no choice but to say there is no such thing but not to tell the neighbour children........... Because no way in hell was I starting that nonsense!

BakedBeans47 · 28/03/2018 06:52

Nope. Completely daft IMO. Why parents feel the need to do this nonsense is beyond me. Competitive parenting and fear that someone else is doing something for their kid that you’re not.

BakedBeans47 · 28/03/2018 06:53

And as for what you say to your daughter? That there’s no Easter bunny and it’s friends and relatives who give the eggs. No biggie, it’s hardly in the league of Santa

ProperLavs · 28/03/2018 06:53

I have 6 kids, I have never done the Easter bunny- I have never heard of the Easter bunny apart from in a symbolic way.

ProperLavs · 28/03/2018 06:54

oh, I have always done mini egg hunts round the garden. But the kids know it's me doing it. I have never pretended to be a rabbit.

AnachronisticCorpse · 28/03/2018 06:55

We do a trail of mini eggs down the stairs and into the kitchen where they find a pile of larger eggs on the table. This year my four nieces and nephew are coming for lunch so we’ll do an actual hunt (round the house as the weather is meant to be shite) but no bunnies involved.

We call it Easter Chocolate Day as we are heathens.

speakout · 28/03/2018 06:55

Quickerthanavicar I don't have sins.

And my kids were certainly born without them.

Even if I did, I certainly wouldn''t want someone to die for me.

Human sacrifice is a tad politically incorrect thees days.

Iceweasel · 28/03/2018 06:55

We did an Easter egg hunt until DS was 10, but no bunny, just a bit of fun.

Interesting to see the difference in responses compared to the threads where a parent dares to say they are thinking of not doing Santa.

Nathalie1975 · 28/03/2018 06:56

My DD makes a nest in the garden and during the night the Easter bunny comes and fills it with chocolate treats. Every year her dad also makes his own nest but he only gets an onion in his which she finds hilarious.

AnachronisticCorpse · 28/03/2018 06:56

My SIL does Easter presents. I refuse to reciprocate. It’s bonkers.

Reality · 28/03/2018 06:58

DS (6) told me very seriously the other day that Jesus invented chocolate and then he died of hunger. He was born at Easter so we eat chocolate eggs to remind us that he died of starvation so we don’t have to.

And also something about his chocolate wings melting when he flew too close to the sun.

This all came straight from his teacher apparently. I have my doubts.

speakout · 28/03/2018 06:59

reality- it's as plausible as the christian story to be fair.

rosy71 · 28/03/2018 07:01

I had never heard of the Easter Bunny bringing eggs until recently. I just let the boys choose an egg in Tesco & they get some from relatives too. A few times, we've done an Easter egg hunt but they know it's us who've set it up.

LokiBear · 28/03/2018 07:02

My dd6 told me a few weeks ago that she knows there is no Easter Bunny. I agreed with her that it was me. I had never pretended there was, or at least I don't think I have. She then got upset because she had had hoped that there was a bunny Hmm. I told her she gets her egg hunt and chocolate anyway so she shouldn't complain. She agreed. We tend to do little gifts amongst our family. My parents have bought both dds some new clothes and a chocolate egg. Mil has bought them swimsuits and an egg (wevarr going on holiday with them). I've bought DNs a DVD and a very small egg. We are taking dd6 to the theatre as a treat. Dd1 is a bit young yet so she's just getting an egg hunt and chocolate. It's ridiculous really. I don't know why we all go do overboard. But, I draw the line at a bloody bunny!

Reality · 28/03/2018 07:02

Well, quite. I thought it made more sense, really.

Situp · 28/03/2018 07:04

We do a hunt but it is hard boiled eggs here. Then you bash your eggs against each other's like conkers and eat them for breakfast. No rabbit here

When we were kids we got 1 chocolate egg each and that was it. Other people I knew would get dozens. I don't remember it bothering us

Situp · 28/03/2018 07:06

We have never done gifts for Easter. Feels a bit like squeezing another commercial occasion in for me but obviously each to their own

CuppaSarah · 28/03/2018 07:07

Reality last night DD was telling us all about how Jesus stole jewelry and was arrested for it, but didn't give them back so was killed on a cross. He also loved the mucky pub best.

Apparently the local Vicar told her all this.

As for the Easter Bunny, I tell me kids the same thing I tell them about father Christmas. I tell them when your first child is born, you fill out a form stating your preferences for Santa, Easter Bunny, Tooth Fairy etc. Which is why every family does it there own way.