That saying "Happy Easter" is out of place?

[Ethicaldebacle]

We're a Jewish family, and only celebrate Xmas in a secular / Santa way. We celebrate all other main Jewish holidays at home and our friends know this, yet they sent a message of happy Easter. Isn't this out of place? (They even knew we just had a Passover Seder!)

I always say "happy holidays" it's s pretty inclusive greeting .

Performative offence taking at its finest. Take it in the spirit it was intended and stop being so ridiculous.

For a lot of people Easter is just the name for two weeks off school and the four day weekend with eggs. Unless you have reason to suspect this person is some sort of militant Christian delivering a micro aggression, I'd assume it was a shortened version of 'happy easter break'.

I’m atheist. My very religious friend send me a card saying ‘Allelujah! He is risen.’ I sent her a card with dancing bunnies. Neither of us took offence, it’s just nice to be thought of. Like many on here I see ‘Happy Easter’ as ‘have a nice time over the holiday. You have a few days off, enjoy it.’
This is a Christian country but we are very diverse and that diversity should be celebrated.

The word Easter derives from Eostre, which is a Pagan festival marking the coming of Spring. I am not religious and have always celebrated Easter. What do you think eggs have to do with Jesus? Funny that Jesus rose from the dead on the Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Solstice, which happens to be a different date each year. The Christians didn't even bother to cover this one up when they stole the date. I'd say 80% of Brits don't think about Jesus at all on Easter.

Yep!

Drew the line here myself 😂

At work I wish colleagues a happy long weekend, or enjoy the holidays.

Yes, of course it's weird. You wouldn't send them a Happy Passover message - because that would also be weird. They aren't Jewish and don't celebrate. It's the same thing.

What’s wrong with people?

Happy Easter, Happy Passover, Happy Christmas, Happy Rasta Day!

Who cares!

Someone is wishing you happiness around something that matters to them, end of,

To be offended is just…..well, clearly you’re opposed to being wished well I guess? I’ll remember to be rude to you next time 🙄

The Easter bunny and all the chocolate eggs aren’t Christian. Pagen in origin but now are definitley secluar.

Can’t see the issue. I’m Catholic but would happily wish Muslims a happy Eid.

But that is fine! It's like saying "happy Eid" to you. Or me saying "happy Passover" to them

Erm, the name Easter is definitely not Christian……

I’m not religious and wouldn’t have a clue what Jews do or don’t celebrate. However would assume they celebrate Easter because it’s about Jesus etc.

Of course you would. They celebrate Eid. Your Muslim friends messaging you with Happy Easter is nice. You sending it to them... not so much.

I think a ‘Happy bank holiday weekend for a lot of people but not all people’ message is much more acceptable.

At work I said, "enjoy the extra long weekend!"

You see, I find that quite jarring. It’s very American. To my British ear, “happy holidays” is something you’d say to someone just about to go on their fortnight in the sun. It wouldn’t be a natural phrase at all for me.

YABU. It's a festival that's an important part of British culture, even if the majority don't celebrate its Christian meaning.

I'm Jewish, but my neighbours and I wish each other happy Easter in the same way we wish each other happy Christmas. Those of us with different religions will send good wishes to each other on those occasions too (e.g. Eid, Pesach, Diwali). It's just spreading goodwill.

What if someone isn’t having an extra long weekend because they work at the weekends or on a Friday night in a second job?

Would you say 'happy holidays' to a Muslim friend instead of 'Eid Mubarak'?

I think it's really rude to reduce every religious or cultural celebration to 'happy holidays' and not acknowledge a day or period of significance for that culture.

Bollocks would a Jewish family celebrate Christmas
and as for the seasonal eggs comment 🤦‍♀️

As a Christian I find that offensive.

However, I am not offended at being wished a Happy Eid/Hanukkah/Diwali.

At least name the relevant festival!

“Seasonal spring chocolate eggs”? Really? 🤔 🥴 I mean, you can be as offended as you like by “Happy Easter” but leave the eggs out of it! 🤣

Seriously OP, unclench a little and just accept that someone is hoping you enjoy the weekend! I’m as atheist as they come, and still wish people a Happy Easter…it IS Easter and I hope they are having a great weekend, that’s all it means.

I'm from a Hindu background (and an atheist). I wish everyone happy Easter or whatever other occasion it is and I would expect people who are in the habit of wishing other people happy Easter to wish me as well. It's just something people to say to be friendly and possibly inclusive. As I said most of my family are Hindus and dh and me are atheists but we celebrate everything (that we are familiar with) and wish people for every occasion we are aware of. All my Hindu family members, including the extremely religious and traditional ones were wishing happy Easter yesterday and lots of them have updated their profile to include Easter wishes. I think that's nice and a more pleasant way to live with others.

I don't see what is there to be offended about unless there is some sort of backstory of them being racist or prejudiced or something.

(I thought you were going to say it's inappropriate because it wasn't a super happy occasion for Jesus. Though I guess people who believe he was resurrected might rejoice because otherwise how would they have known he's the son of God.)