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To wonder when all this Easter Bunny nonsense started?

243 replies

Housewife2010 · 01/04/2018 08:30

As a child I was given eggs by my family which I started on Easter Sunday. We give our children two eggs each and have an egg hunt and a few other chocolate treats. On FB now I see that the Easter Bunny has visited friend's houses and left masses of chocolate and presents. Is this the norm now? I would never have thought of buying Easter gifts.

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ListeningtoBowie · 01/04/2018 08:33

Agreed. Same here.

AlishaMary · 01/04/2018 08:35

More rampant consumerism.

We do the same as you.

Ifailed · 01/04/2018 08:35

it's been around in other countries for years, starting off in Germany in medieval times.
Not surprisingly, it's been picked up by retailers here as a marketing strategy.

niceupthedance · 01/04/2018 08:36

Our DC tried telling me this week that the Easter bunny would come and leave loads of chocolate eggs to hide - I told them I'd never heard of the Easter bunny except on an advert to sell more chocolate eggs 🤷‍♀️

RhinoGirl · 01/04/2018 08:36

When i was younger we got an egg from my parents, one from each set of grandparents. And even then we didn’t get to actually eat them all. I see pictures of children with loads and I think how an earth? But my DD has 3 and counting and there is no way she will get to eat them all.

80sMum · 01/04/2018 08:36

As my mother often used to say, some people seem to have more money than sense.

ikeepaforkinmypurse · 01/04/2018 08:36

Some people do buy gifts, others don't, what's the drama? Do what you want about your family.

Neolara · 01/04/2018 08:38

We always did Easter egg hunts when we were kids and that was in the 70s..

ShatnersBassoon · 01/04/2018 08:38

I overheard in Debenhams yesterday a mother telling her daughter that if she didn't behave, the Easter Bunny wouldn't bring her presents down the chimney. She did catch me looking over with a Confused look on my face.

OhYouBadBadKitten · 01/04/2018 08:39

I noticed it when dd was little, so around 15/16 years ago, but not many people took part among my circle of friends. I see it more now. It seems to confuse some friends kids, who wonder why the bunny doesn't go round their house as well.

Coldilox · 01/04/2018 08:39

The Easter Bunny came to my house and hid eggs when I was a kid, I'm 36. It's not that new.

C0untDucku1a · 01/04/2018 08:42

I buy a few gifts. Nothing expensive. I started this because my ds didnt like chocolate when he was teeny, and would cry if someone gave him some. So he got marshmallows and a small present. So of course dd then got an egg and a small present. This morning they got 4 eggs: one from me, one from an aunt, one from school and one from grandma and grandad. Plus three small presents. £25 each spent. Ive seen more expensive eggs than that!

Some people put eggs all over their garden or house.

Some people buy their children dozens of chocolate eggs.

Variety is the spice of life.

possumgoddess · 01/04/2018 08:42

The Easter Bunny is a load of tosh and DOES NOT EXIST! I have said it and therefore it is so. What on Earth is wrong with just giving eggs from yourself? You can still have an Easter egg hunt. Which brings me on to Father Christmas/Santa (and putting on my bomb-proof vest). Why on Earth would people want their children to think ALL the presents come from him? (And he definitely does exist) How do your children learn about choosing, wrapping and giving gifts and what about the basic courtesy of actually thanking those that have bothered to do so for them? In our house FC brings the stockings (with the little presents) to be opened in the morning before breakfast, but all the main pressies are opened later with proper thanks being given to those who have them and letters/notes/phone calls made to anyone who isn't there at the time.

HuskyMcClusky · 01/04/2018 08:42

The Easter Bunny has come since I was a child, and I’m nearly 45.

It has nothing to do with consumerism; most children I know get more Easter chocolate from their parents than we did from the ‘bunny’.

howthelightgetsin · 01/04/2018 08:42

It’s not more money than sense though.

The people on my Facebook doing Easter presents (I.e. more than chocolate) and making a “thing” about it are the ones who could do with not spending the money. The ones who could afford it, give a few Easter eggs.

I used to get a decent haul of eggs. There was no basket or letters to a bunny. I don’t know if it was a thing or not, maybe one I was unaware of growing up?

FleurDelacoeur · 01/04/2018 08:43

We don't have the Easter Bunny in this house. Children do get eggs and chocolate, but are well aware that it's DH and I who hide it. No presents at all.

There was a whole aisle of Easter tat in Asda - fecking Easter bunny pinatas, paper plates, decorations, balloons, craft kits, plastic buckets, plastic eggs, streamers - just total shite which nobody needs unless they're planning on posting about #makingmemories or #beingblessed.

GlowWine · 01/04/2018 08:44

In my German family the Easter bunny has always hidden the eggs and the occasional small present. I am in my late 40s. And I have reusable cardboard eggs shells for filling inherited from my gran that date to just about post-war. Ditto the Easter bush (bunch of branches hung with decorated eggs) is an old German traditiona slowly making its way over here via Pinterest....

Quietlife1979 · 01/04/2018 08:44

Oh god I have them on my feed too. It’s ridiculous and braggy.

My friend has a pile each for each child with eggs gifts and card. A card !! 🙈

HRTpatch · 01/04/2018 08:44

The crap Easter hampers for sale on FB are clearly bought by idiots. Utter Shite.

Thirtyrock39 · 01/04/2018 08:44

Dh says he never had it as a child but I can remember believing in it briefly
It's a pain now though
I used to get three eggs as a kid
My kids already have 5 from relatives and still have had to buy a couple and little eggs to 'hide' from the Easter bunny 🐰 they are convinced it's real
Had to sneak into cold damp garden at 6am to hide the bloody things
Now for a day of sugar highs and lows !!

HuskyMcClusky · 01/04/2018 08:44

It’s for fun. The excitement for little kids of running around the garden hunting for brightly-coloured eggs. It makes it a bit of a game, rather than ‘here, have some eggs’.

I really don’t see the problem!

Woofygoldberg · 01/04/2018 08:45

We used to get eggs from family on Easter Sunday after church. We were lucky and would end up with 3/4 each.

But I did see this morning a friend on FB showing pictures of her child with a pile of gifts. Toys, clothes, trainers, chocolate and eggs that the Easter Bunny had left in the night under the Easter tree. I don't think this is the norm though & she is the only one.

SashaTaught · 01/04/2018 08:47

We always did Easter Egg hunts but knew that this was organised by our parents. Our grandparents often gave us money at Easter as they thought we didn’t need more chocolate.

Easter is becoming more commercialised. I’ve always known there were Easter cards and decorations but rarely saw them, whereas now most shops are pushing them as being the standard.

Fluffypinkpyjamas · 01/04/2018 08:47

It’s called fun, it’s lovely for the children. Don’t like it? Don’t do it but there’s no need to criticize those that do. It’s not a new thing at all. Some people just like to be miserable I guess.

Lindy2 · 01/04/2018 08:48

We do it because it's fun.
The kids love it and I enjoy hiding a few little gifts in the garden.
Having fun is good for people.

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