Belated Easter Thoughts

[annuin]

I realise it's been a while since I was a kid (shush!), but when did Easter turn into a gift and card giving holiday?

And what the hell is with the jelly beans?

Matilda got given a really age inappropriate Easter gift basket... somehow I don't think something containing felt tip colouring pens and a journal is really something for a 13 month old. Apparently it was bought for her because it had a doll in it. The doll has a fabric covered styrofoam head, the eyes and nose are plastic and glued on, and will pop off in no time at all, and the wool hair is easily ripped from its skull, which Sparky (their dog) already helped with when he got a hold of it. The doll has "flimsy choking hazard" written all over it, unfortunately.

And then there was the candy she doesn't/can't/shouldn't eat.

Comments

[madda-gaska.livejournal.com]

*does/can/shouldn't
*smiles*
Yeah, Easter over here is basically just a chocolate-fest. I thought that was irksome, but now I'm glad we don't have to deal with cards and rubbish!

Although... it was my sister's birthday on the same day, so there was some of that.

And some baby-minding...

S

[alasharia-la.livejournal.com]

And that's why the Easter Bunny brought the girls non edible stuffs this year... Though, Michael did get a chocolate hamper...

[pylaydia.livejournal.com]

Ahhh Easter. Like almost every other holiday, Americans hype Easter to the extreme. For some reason, I've noticed it seems to focus on little girls intensely; The majority of candies are pastel coloured while being made of pure sugar, marshmallow or chocolate, frock and bonnet sets are marketed to death and soft plush animals used to be a given.
The Easter bunny has changed a lot since the 80's but the craptastic marketing sure hasn't.

[ozzguy.livejournal.com]

I reckon that easter is just so distorted by commercialism these days .. and what the hell is up with selling easter buns in late January here?!