To think it’s not normal to send an Easter card?

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Every year we get one from MIL but I have never sent one back. Prior to meeting DH I didn’t realise Easter cards even existed. MIL is very religious. She is not at all close to DH and rarely contacts us/ shows very little interest in us throughout the rest of the year, so I find it a bit hypocritical. So are Easter cards a thing?

@edwinbear

PIL’s always send them to us, their faith is important to them and Easter is a significant event. I forget every year to return the favour, but I think they are probably used to it by now. They are lovely people and I find it touching.

How nice that you aren't offended by it. We all should be more tolerant. I don't understand why some people get so riled over stuff that barely affects them.

I like doing it from the kids. Another nice thing to do and way to celebrate life.

MIL always gives us an Easter card but she makes cards as a hobby and to raise money for charity and is very much a cards for every occasion type anyway.

I made some cards with toddler DD this year - meant just for grandma but didn’t seem worth getting the paint out just for one so we made some for a few of the neighbours, older ladies who always make a fuss of DD and like to see her. I did it just as something to do and hopefully make them smile but they’ve since all sent her back a (shop bought) card and some chocolate - I don’t know if they’d been planning to anyway so now I feel guilty for potentially putting them out/ guilting then into buying for DD which really wasn’t my intention.

DD’s main obsessions are chickens, ducks, sheep and bunnies so she’s pretty delighted with her cards though.

We always get them from relatives in Germany, have done for donkeys years, and always send one back. So it's definitely been a thing for a long time!

Clearly people do which is why every year such cards are for sale.

Tbh, i was going to send one to an Aunt this year but just sent a text.

Non-religious MIL always sends one, even though we are seeing her on Easter Sunday. No idea why but she is card obsessed, she often sends two birthday cards to each person.

My very RC family send them, I don't.

I've never sent any. I only ever used to get one from my great grandma. It's a religious thing, to remind us to think of Jesus. Which is nice, and I'm sure she didn't expect one back.

Well, it's not routine. But I wouldn't say 'not normal'. Quite a number of people do.

It's less common these days but perfectly normal.

I've always sent cards and given Easter eggs to family, perhaps it's an age thing as I'm probably a similar age to your parents (or even grandparents).

We also always used to decorate hard boiled eggs, take them to the park and roll them, but I don't think many families do that nowadays. We're not religious either.

It is certainly not abnormal to send Easter cards. I send and receive a few, not as many as Christmas cards. They don't have to be religious, there are plenty with pictures of spring flowers, chicks, rabbits and the like. I love them. You don't have to feel obliged to send them though, same as you don't have to give Easter eggs. I fail to see what is hypocritical about your mother in law sending a card at Easter and feel that it must take more than a card to make someone a hypocrite, which is quite an accusation. If it gives her pleasure to choose and send one, that's surely a good thing.

It is also the feast of the Passover and a couple of Jewish friends get a Pesach card from me which they always appreciate.

It's a lovely time of year, the weather starts to improve, flowers are beautiful and it feels like a new beginning. Or you can ignore it and carry on regardless, nobody will mind.

Not half an hour ago, my Muslim neighbour (who is fasting as it is the month of Ramadan) and her daughter came over with an Easter card and egg.
So there you go.
YABU

I love them - then again I love greeting cards for any old thing.

We used to get one from the lady next door every year but she's moved.

I do sometimes send them out but not this year.

Not half an hour ago, my Muslim neighbour (who is fasting as it is the month of Ramadan) and her daughter came over with an Easter card and egg. So there you go.
YABU

You make it sound like your neighbour gets the deciding vote. 🤣

Been a thing since I can remember and I'm 60 in December

My children send cute kiddy ones to their friends but I'd never think to send them to grown ups

The only 2 people who send me Easter cards are family members who are very religious. I don't mind at all though- especially when the one from my gran comes with a fiver to buy myself an egg

My priest friends send them. I don't know of anyone else that does.

I'm not religious and I send them to elderly relatives and nieces/nephews for fun. Non-religious neighbour dropped one off yesterday which I thought was sweet.

It’s the most important Christian festival to many Christians, so if your mil is religious then yes, completely normal.

Sounds like a waste of paper

My lovely elderly Auntie (almost 90) always sends me one (and I send her one back) - its definitely a thing for her (God love her).

Much like Easter, it's a religious thing!