Do You Think It's Necessary To Give Gifts At Easter?

Commercialization rules when it comes to any holiday but it comes down to personal preference in gift giving on Easter. I just remember getting new clothes, hat and shoes to attend Easter services when I was little never any gifts. Of course there was the traditional Easter Egg Hunt which to this day I still don't know how that fits into the spiritual event of Easter. It was a tradition that I followed until I decided those things took away the true meaning of Easter.

@explorerx7 Good OP.

 

As someone who doesn't believe in religion I'd much rather not bother celebrating any holidays, but my family wouldn't never talk to me again if I did that I don't really think too much into it and just hand out the eggs with the rest of people who give them.

 

As with Christmas and others, Easter is what the individual family makes it. Christians "borrowed" these holidays, just as the non-religious have for a long time now and made it their own. They mean something different to everyone. We're not religious, so until recently we did the bunny and egg hunt thing (and yes a small gift or two was usually given, but that's what I grew up with while my friends were getting spoiled like it was an early Christmas).. my boys are older now so we just go chocolate crazy, because I guess tradition is hard to break lol.

So to answer, I don't think anything is inappropriate if it's the tradition someone grew up with.. or even if they just make something up willy nilly to create new traditions; it's up to them and has no affect on how others celebrate; nor should it.

 

I think one can give gifts at any time. For Christians the death of Christ is something they should celebrate because it reminds them of the time when they were freed from sin. When people are celebrating something, often, gifts are exchanged so IMHO while it isn't necessary to give gifts if anyone wants to they should.

 

I personally can't be bothered at all, because I'm just glad to have the break from work, and don't actually celebrate Easter. I mean, I'm Christian (Roman Catholic) but don't practice in any way, shape or form, so we don't bother even with the Easter eggs.

However, my mother and father in law are staunch Christians and do celebrate Easter. They always come round to ours heavily leaden with Easter eggs for me and my husband. The sad thing's that quite a few times, we've ended up throwing them out because we've jut not got round to eating them. We don't have the heart to say thanks, but no thanks. I too agree that as with most big calendar days, it has sadly lost meaning and has become way too commercialised.

 

Actually, Good Friday is when Jesus was crucified and died on the cross, and it's a day of sorrow. Easter is when He rose from the dead, and is a cause for celebration. I don't think it's necessary to splurge on huge expensive gifts, but small trinkets and goodies are fine, especially considering it marks the end of Lent, which is typically a time of giving up luxuries, and doing without excess food and other items.

 

I don't believe in Jesus or any other religion and subsequent holiday that stem from them, but the commercial versions of these holidays are fun to me so I just choose to celebrate them anyway in my own consumerist way. I don't think it's necessary to give gifts at Easter but it's nice to get chocolates as a kid so I do buy the kids in my family some specialized Easter chocolates during this time.

 

Regardless of the religious aspect I don't believe gifts should be given during Easter. It should be a time to just spend with family and rejoice. I like the Easter egg hunt tradition, it's fun lol, but other than small candies and such things, I don't think anything extravagant should be gifted unless it's somebody's birthday or something. To each his own though.

 

Last Easter, a lot of American moms posted goody bags or baskets for their kids. I think, why not? Easter, after all, is a celebration of hope. People have different beliefs about Easter and to me as a Catholic, it was Jesus' resurrection. Giving gifts on that day is okay as well. Why not?