Are you religious? If not, why the heck are you celebrating easter?
Is it just a holiday for you? If so, what are you doing?
Do you have kids? Will you organise an egg scavenger hunt? Who's hiding the eggs?

I am keeping it quiet. We are not religious in our family, even though my mom used to have an easter breakfast tradition, involving 'paas brood'. Meaning light brown bread with raisins and spice. And the thickest butter (roomboter, ja!) you can think of.

So this morning I did that, on my own. Actually, it was brunch, as I slept in.

Happy easter!

I don't "celebrate" Easter. I don't eat eggs (only those made of chocolate) and even though I believe in God, I'm not religious (imo God is just some cosmic energy). So Easter are just another holiday for me

zaza said:

aka 'nature'. I'm with ya.

Happy Easter!

We're not doing anything this year. We usually do an easter egg hunt.

We have spent the morning eating easter eggs and my husband has taken the kids to the park while the sun is out. I'm supposed to be packing for a trip...

Oh and I've invited my mum and step-dad over for dinner tonight. I was planning on making something awesome, but the shops are all closed so it looks like we'll be getting take-away.

florescent said:

So, you are not really good at planning...

HamsterHuey said:

I'm the crappiest planner that ever lived.

florescent said:

And all the food delivery co's around where you live love you for that.

HamsterHuey said:

Exactly.

HamsterHuey said:

Yes! I get christmas cards from them!

Church!

NastradumasKid said:

The Church of Pansexual?

HamsterHuey said:

no. just Church. I'm only going because of my great-grandfather wanted me to go, he's 104 years old.

NastradumasKid said:

I'ld go too, then. Wow @ 104. Hope you have his genes!

HamsterHuey said:

Me too.

I am finally getting around to eating something today....hummus, olives, beet root & wholegrain crackers.

When I lived in the states, my mom & I would make an Easter dinner. Usually ham, scalloped potatoes, green beans, deviled eggs.....

When I was little I would get an Easter basket from the Easter bunny.


I have been to a few religious Easter services back in the states.

Growing up, Easter was never associated with religion...just chocolate and jelly beans.


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MrsMdiver said:

I don't mind chocolate, but religion gone commercial... fucked up. Like Xmas. Greed party, so fucked up. Blah!

HamsterHuey said:

I had to edit, forgot about the jelly beans.


I think I have a photo of me at Easter.

Not scanned.


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Church.
Then dinner with my family. I think their bring it over here... Guess I should bake a cake or something...

made pizza and watched Where The Wild Things are with a friend and her little kid that took all his clothes off and kept parading around in front of the TV

My plan for Easter Sunday is to have one of these:

i will playing a certain sport that you don't particularly like, Huey.

MrsMdiver said:

Hummus and olives

...and panic over - I found a shop that is open and I managed to get all I need for dinner tonight

I just dropped off the ex and my daughter at church. Then I went and grabbed a breakfast sandwich from Dunkin Donuts and sat in my car and ate it. Now I am on here using my phone, and I will likely follow this with a nap here in the car still as I wait for church to finish.

ZombieKitten said:

Nice breakfast, then worshiping at church.

Then we're going to have a big family picnic at a state park.

ZombieKitten said:

Well, better her kid than her husband.

Packing for the beach ~ eating high $ dark chocolate and enjoying the sunshine

I'm an atheist, so I don't believe in the religious piece.

Still, I like a holiday as much as the next person.

Friday I hung out with friends and colored eggs and made the peepshi (as already evidenced).

Yesterday I went to my brother's house and spent time with my family. It was really nice as I hadn't seen them since Xmas. I flew kites with my nieces and nephews and kicked the soccer/football around with them and we made up a game involving plastic baseball bats and a huge plastic ball.

Today I have no plans. I think everything is closed and I'm a little concerned about what I have in the cupboard to make to eat. So I may have to venture out to find out what's open.

I'll probably go for a long walk too.

And most Sunday evenings I spend at Darin and Chris's where we make dinner together and watch this week's Lost (they record it during the week).

CarrieMpls said:

And here's me; thinking yer an only child. Tell me about your family!