# When did you stop getting Easter stuff? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [April 20, 2014, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556 "2014-04-20T19:36:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 21, 2014, 1:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/21 "2014-04-21T13:17:51Z")
> [@WhyNot](#): > > This year. I’m 39. But it’s my own fault. I finally snapped at my mom and told her we’re not Christian, we’re not “doing” Easter. She was the one who provided the baskets, at her house, when we went there for Easter Dinner. Those baskets are about as Christian as the Yuletide trees, anyway… I hadn’t even known about gifts for Easter before this thread. I’d heard of “egg hunts” and was familiar with “Easter eggs” as a term for hidden content in videogames, but it’s the first time I hear of getting/giving presents directly to someone for Easter. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/22 "2014-04-22T15:22:01Z")
2012 was my last Easter basket. Mom died that summer. ---
**Author:** ![FriarTed](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/friarted/32/1052_2.png) [@FriarTed](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/FriarTed)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/23 "2014-04-22T15:23:01Z")
> [@Nava](#): > > Those baskets are about as Christian as the Yuletide trees, anyway… > > I hadn’t even known about gifts for Easter before this thread. I’d heard of “egg hunts” and was familiar with “Easter eggs” as a term for hidden content in videogames, but it’s the first time I hear of getting/giving presents directly to someone for Easter. Well, not everyone likes candy, so presents kinda evolved into it… I would be very surprised if it wasn’t mainly an American thing. ---
**Author:** ![AHunter3](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ahunter3/32/368_2.png) [@AHunter3](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/AHunter3)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/24 "2014-04-22T15:40:34Z")
Our family didn’t do the easter thing very much. I distantly remember tiny wicker baskets with pink and purple “straw” and a couple milk chocolate eggs, but it dates back to when I got a dime under my pillow from the tooth fairy if I lost a baby tooth. I’d say 4 years old. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/25 "2014-04-22T15:44:03Z")
> [@FriarTed](#): > > Well, not everyone likes candy, so presents kinda evolved into it… I would be very surprised if it wasn’t mainly an American thing. Eh, the egg hunts for example and eggs as an Easter (actually, Spring) symbol are found in much of Europe, and the stuff in the eggs isn’t always candy. Now, thinking there has to be a high sugar content in almost anything, that might be an American thing :). ---
**Author:** ![Moonlitherial](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/4bbf92/32.png) [@Moonlitherial](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moonlitherial)\ **Post date:** [April 22, 2014, 6:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556/26 "2014-04-22T18:59:05Z")
> [@swampbear](#): > > The big thrill is the day after Hallowe’en, Valentine’s Day and Easter when we can score cheap chocolate. This 100%. Every time my husband even glances at stuff before the holidays I remind him of how annoyed he gets when he realizes how much he could have saved by waiting a couple days. I must remember that we’re moving and judge the amounts to purchase accordingly. Now does that mean more due to stress or less so I don’t have to put it in a box. Decisions decisions! [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/when-did-you-stop-getting-easter-stuff/686556.md?page=1)