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Did you know Easter is a gift-getting holiday for adults?

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Submitted by Elizabeth on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:08pm

Apparently it is for SD20. She posted how her grandmother (BM's mom) gave her: A new purse, jeans and money. What normal person actually gives an adult Easter presents?

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oldone's picture

Submitted by oldone on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:16pm

My DH the first year when we were dating gave me a basket with perfume (2 kinds), chocolates and tons of other small stuff.

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Submitted by TASHA1983 on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:26pm

I don't give my kid or any kid for that matter anything on Easter, we do not celebrate Easter by giving candy, egg hunts, etc. We celebrate the holiday by celebrating the Resurrection of Christ. Gifts are for birthdays & Christmas. IMHO. And that is when my child gets them.

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Submitted by Drac0 on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:28pm

If it is a gift giving holiday, I demand that we follow procedure!

Husbands are to dress in bunny outfits and wives must sit on their laps and whisper in bunny ears what they want!

Yeah!

Who's with me!?

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Submitted by SMof2Girls on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 12:46pm

I get my sister a small gift every Easter.

It's for different, personal reasons.

No other adutls in my family exchanges gifts on Easter. We get baskets for the kids, but they're pretty inexpensive and usually hand-assembled (no pre-fab high dollar baskets). Our money cap is about $20/kid; less if BM is ALSO getting them a basket.

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Submitted by Jsmom on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 1:01pm

I always did Easter baskets for my kids and SK as my parents did for us. Not sure if it is really a catholic thing for us. My parents hid the Easter Basket and the fun was trying to find them. My father had great joy in hiding it well enough, that one of us ended up crying.

I put in candy and some other small things, socks, cute boxers for the boys, usually up to about 20 dollars. I enjoy doing it.

This year BS is 18 and he doesn't get one and SS doesn't want one, so I am off the hook. I will probably just do some candy for them...

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Submitted by Elizabeth on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 1:01pm

This is so interesting! In my family, Easter is a holiday for children. We have an egg hunt until they are about 12, then they get to help hide while the younger ones seek. And I get each of my kids a gift basket, never spend more than about $10 on each though.

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Submitted by Drac0 on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 2:07pm

SS started talking about my Easter Egg hunts about month ago. I swear he looks more forward to them then Christmas! My Easter Egg hunts are Treasure HUnt styles (finding one egg gives you a clue to the location of the next egg and so on...)

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Submitted by z3girl on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 1:06pm

Easter was always like a mini-Christmas growing up. I think it was kept to young children, and sort of phased out as we all got older. I'm doing the same for my boys. I bought some small toys for the boys as well as candy. It's fun for me.

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Submitted by New second wife... on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 1:16pm

In our house: Easter baskets for the kids with candy. New easter Sunday church outfit for each child and maybe a couple t shirts and pairs of shorts for spring/summer.

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Submitted by Convulsive on Tue, 03/26/2013 - 6:19pm

Draco, my husband looks amazing in bunny ears & nothing else... Adult only midnight hunts can be VERY fun... Run by an adult novelty store, they now carry a special line of "eggs" that I'm hiding amongst the other goodies.

So adults? YES! My children? Yes, but they get some clothes, shoes, etc that I bought on sale &, a new hardback book. Its fun but honestly, none act entitled & its stuff all 5 would get anyway.