Why isn’t Easter like Christmas?
Let’s get something straight right from the start of the this blog post. I’m not a religious person and anything that I talk about today is not referring to the religious aspects of the holiday celebrations. Now that that is established (always seems strange when you actually use the same word twice next to each other) I wanted to talk about Easter. Currently we are enjoying the four day break which is the Easter weekend. Today, although it is Saturday, many of us have been confused into thinking that it is already Sunday due to having Friday off work. However, when you look and compare the Easter holidays and the Christmas holidays they have many things in common and yet, they are completely different. Is Easter slowly disappearing as a holiday celebration? Well that is what this waffle is about…
I blogged awhile ago about how much I hate this time of the year and how, for me, it goes down hill from now on. Although it is the Easter weekend and most of the workforce gets two extra days off work, the clocks go forward tonight, so we lose an hour’s sleep and to almost add insult to injury, because of it is Easter Sunday, Starbucks will be shut tomorrow so I won’t have anywhere to sit and write my blog. The only other time that the store is closed is, of course, Christmas Day and, although I do not begrudge them having two days off at all, I do wonder why Easter is not as big of a holiday as Christmas is since it has so many things in common. Surely it has the potential and could be something much bigger.
For me, Easter has the potential to be another huge celebration, starting a new period in people’s lives, almost like new year’s resolutions all over again. While Easter appears to be diminishing, other celebrations seem to be gathering momentum. Halloween is definitely gaining in popularity fueled by the American version of the holiday and even bonfire night seems to be more of a getting together holiday than Easter. Maybe the popularity of a holiday rests with the children. By engaging and involving the children more with the Easter celebrations would it be possible to increase its ‘size’ and impact. Many might say that they don’t want another commercially hyped holiday, others might think that a weekend just relaxing is perfect for this time of the year. I like Christmas, I like the lead up to it, I like the hype and the shopping and the carols and, if it was possible to have this twice a year, then I would definitely be willing to give it ago. Of course, I might just be saying this because I want more presents…
So what are your views about Easter? Do you celebrate it with your family? Do you buy everyone Easter eggs or is it just a long weekend to look forward to? As always, if you have any comments then it would be great to hear from you, so please add them in the comments below or send them to me on any of my social media sites.
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