I am so sick of Easter eggs. I have the same reaction to Halloween candy in October. This will make me sound old, but when I was a kid we had one small egg hunt at home and it was with REAL dyed eggs and it was no big deal. The Easter bunny brought a small basket and everyone dressed up for church.
This year there was a HUGE egg hunt at the gym where my daughter had her birthday party, we had to furnish filled plastic eggs for preschool and school parties and there will be another big egg hunt at church. On top of that I’ve been avoiding taking the kids to the grocery store because of the huge displays that have bee out since the day after Valentine’s (don’t get me started on that holiday). And what is the point of it all? I don’t agree with the school that insists on calling Easter eggs spring spheres, but I think we’re kind of missing the point. Anyone who does a Google search can look up the symbolism of eggs, which is fairly obvious without the internet. Eggs are a symbol of rebirth, and Christians translate that to Christ’s resurrection. So why all the candy? No matter how fun it is to hunt for thousands of eggs my children do not need that much candy! And I certainly do not need it floating around the house. At the moment my kitchen table looks like the Easter bunny’s workshop with all the extra plastic eggs. And all this during Lent!
Is the answer to forfeit all these fun and games? I’ll tell you I’m close to that. Should I keep the kids home from school on party days because it dilutes how special the actual holiday is? That seems kind of cruel since I’m not opposed to Easter eggs, just the quantity and frequency of them. Do I refuse to help with the event at church? That’s counterproductive because I feel the actual day is when we should be celebrating, not the 2 weeks before. How do I show my kids how much more special things are when you have them in moderation?
I think what we’ll do is tomorrow night collect all the detritus, empty the eggs, and set them aside for next year. Give a quick and definite end to the holiday (which is what we do with all the candy on Halloween as well). And I need to plan my attack for next year. Maybe I will win the lottery by then and we can take a vacation to Siberia during Lent.
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