Over the last couple of days I have started thinking more and more about Easter, it has crept up on me, as if out of nowhere it is April already.
We don't really have any plans or traditions for Easter, but I wish we did. We are catholic, but not religious. My parents and family all live in Sydney and we don't usually catch up at this time, my brother goes camping and most of our friends go away. We don't usually have any grand plans, but I want to do something special. I want to make Easter special for our little ones. I want to make our own traditions. I'm just not sure where to start.
So tell me, do you celebrate Easter? What do you do?
x jody
I'm very much the same as you. I've not celebrated with my family, and Johnny's family celebrate by the Serbian calendar, which means 3 out of 4 years Easter is on another weekend.
ReplyDeleteI've started doing a small Easter egg hunt though, with PJ's as a gift.
I may have to do a nice dinner this year.
Oh, and yes, we LOVE your sausage rolls. They are indeed the Best Ever!
We have no easter celebrations or traditions in our place, except the kidlets get an easter egg hunt on sunday. Other than that it's just a long weekend, like any other. I love family traditions and rituals though so curious to see what people suggest! xx
ReplyDeleteNo traditions here. We aren't religious so church isn't on our radar.
ReplyDeleteWe usually have a family get together on Easter Sunday, that involves nice food and a few easter eggs.
This year, we are heading up to the beach house tomorrow for 4 nights of sunshine, surf, swimming and chocolate. We will do a little Easter Egg hunt on Sunday morning. Not many eggs, have to be careful as there are LOTS of spiders and other beachy critters in the yard.
I'd love to be one of those people who decorates my house with colourful eggs and what not, but it's just not me. Would rather put the effort into birthdays and mothers day etc.
xx
My family aren't religious so we never did church or anything like that, but we would always have an Easter egg hunt on the Sunday morning, groggy and bleary-eyed, still in our pj's, followed by a hot cooked breakfast (and some chocolate of course!) My Mum did this with my sister and I until we left home, and surprisingly it was still fun at age 21! My Mum would also buy us winter pyjamas every year, and she still does. [Please note, I also have a Dad, but Mum always seemed to organise these things ;)] I'm the same as you - I want to start some traditions around Easter with Everly. This year she will be too little for an egg hunt so we are just buying her some winter pj's. Next year I think she will have a little more grasp on the concept. I'd love to do something a little more traditional though, like egg painting or some craft, as she grows older. I'm interested to read what others suggest. xxx
ReplyDeleteSince coming to Australia easter has been a rather low key affair but back home with all our nieces and nephews we always had a blast. Breakfast was always hosted by my parents and then the kids would make easter bunny ear headbands then go hunting for their eggs in the back yard. The treasure fun was always the hightlight and our older children still talk about it even now :)
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My folks aren't religious but we always got new pjs at Easter, and I've tried to keep that little tradition going. There will be some mad last-minute sewing going on here this week. My hub is Greek, and Greek Easter is a pretty big deal, so we always gather with his family for a huge meal. Yum!
ReplyDeleteWe normally go away, but for the years we don't - like this year - we have a gathering of randoms who haven't gone away come and lunch with us. There is usually lamb, chocolate and wine. A hunt of some kind - and me being me, well I usually style up something pretty.
ReplyDeleteBut the only real tradition we have is that Poss always gets PJ's and new slippers! I don't know why, but it's the rules! xx
We have no Easter traditions, usually it's a rare time where I get hubby around the house for at least one day, so we try and do some family time, even if it's just hanging out in the garden!
ReplyDeleteI was interested to see what others wrote for their traditions. We are catholic too, so it is a time to reflect on the true meaning of easter for me, but it's too early for the kids to understand that part of it yet. I am ashamed to say that since having the kids we have only been to church for weddings and christenings! We used to go every year for Christmas and Easter mass. I think that will become a tradition again once Ruby starts school. I usually make a handmade something for the kids, last year I did upcycled bunnies out of my old jumpers, but I have been slack this year and the only handmades will be little letters attached to their hunting baskets to know which one belongs to who! I really love the new pjs tradition a lot of people do - and they are on special at the moment, so perhaps I should start that one! We like to do lots of craft too, and usually make our own eggs/choccies for special family members. x ps sorry about the essay..
ReplyDeleteWe had Easter egg hunts growing up and it was by far the highlight of our Easter break (followed closely by consuming lots of chocolate!). My dad used to stuff cotton wool into the front door too to make it look like the Easter bunny's tail had caught on his way out! Loved that one. Our whole family will use it as an excuse to get together. Family bbq, a few beers, lots of laughs and time to just chill out together x
ReplyDeleteOh I LOVE Easter Jody and like yourself, I am keen to build traditions that will last each and every year. We kind of fly by the seat of our pants a bit, we usually end up catching up with a couple of groups of friends, but if not, we're happy to spend the days together as our little family of four. We go to a local show near our place, sort of like a mini Royal Easter Show... the past two years of that have been great and we'll most probably do that again this year, weather permitting. We also do an Easter egg hunt on the Sunday, which is super fun, Felix is still a little young, but Angus is right into the spirit of it.
ReplyDeleteI like Easter so much more than Christmas actually, because it's a time of togetherness and giving and sharing, yet without the full blown pressure that Christmas seems to bring about.
I'm sure you'll have a beautiful Easter with your gorgeous family, look forward to hearing about what you get up to xo
My husband is Italian catholic so our Sundays usually involve eating way too many stuffed eggplants, pasta and cakes. This year we're going away, with two under four we've found we haven't had much time to ourselves with family around all the time, (as much as it's lovely) so we're escaping.
ReplyDeleteI make rabbit footprints out of talcum powder through the house, it's something our Mum used to do and the eldest loves it, even if he does ruin it by saying "It's powder"! x
I adore Easter for the low-key holiday that it is, but I still want to inject a little tradition into our family Easters. Especially now that Little Miss is heading into that real memory making age.
ReplyDeleteSo every Good Friday for the past 3 years we have a BBQ at our house. Whoever is around comes, and we all have a lovely day and it's a great excuse for a catch up with friends.
Easter Sunday is always lunch with my family. And of course the egg hunt first thing in the morning.
And then I'm still planning on coming up with a little tradition for just our little family. I have 2 days to think of something... :)
xx
Back in England, Easter was about spring. About spring lamb, tender spring vegetables and lots of daffodils. I'm slowly getting used to the different seasons over here, but we haven't got anything traditional as such. I try and not fall in the trap of doing too much over holiday periods, so that by the time you get to the end you feel you haven't actually stood still and been with your family. It's just the four of us over the next few days and I'm really looking forward to it. We'll probably make some hot cross buns tomorrow, make some chocolate eggs with the darkest of chocolate and eat some fish that hopefully hubby will catch at some point. Hope you have a lovely time whatever you get up to.
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