I’m not religious in the slightest. I will hands up admit that I stopped associating Easter with the religious aspect long ago. I do have a baby though and do plan to give Easter a significance for her. About new life, flowers starting to grow, brighter days coming etc. And she’ll get to have eggs. But for me, Easter Eggs are just chocolate.
Since they came out in the shops I’ve been treating myself to one a week. I don’t have much other chocolate or pudding (for some reason I find bars sickly but love eggs). I tend to get the premium ones (so Lindt, or one of the bigger Cadbury ones) and will eat it over the course of a few days. DH is from a very Catholic country where commercial chocolate eggs aren’t a thing, and he’s started doing it as well. DD is 4 months it’s hardly like I’m setting her an example of gluttony. It’s just a nice treat for me, a yummy chocolate egg and some truffles/smaller chocolates included. I’ve been doing it since uni and it’s a tradition for me now, an egg a week until they stop being sold. Once DD is older and more aware I will stop obviously as I wouldn’t want to ruin Easter eggs for her.
But for now, I don’t feel bad. It’s my money that I use to buy the eggs, so it’s my prerogative, surely? I am literally harming nobody.
Today I was in Tesco with DD and was in the egg aisle trying to decide on one. Took one off the shelf and put it in the trolley. Turned around and an old man was giving me a disgusted look. I sort of smiled at him and said “Well what do they expect selling them this early?”. He tutted at me and walked off. I was a bit stunned.
I find it ridiculous, it’s chocolate in an egg shape. We don’t ban oranges so that they can only be used for christingles do we?