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Is it a mistake to hold a child's birthday party on the day before Easter?
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Anonymous
| Is it inappropriate from a religious perspective? (Spring break is not a factor for us.) |
Anonymous
| Good Friday, Easter Monday...what's Saturday? It's just another day to me. I may or may not attend church on Easter, but what's wrong with the day before? |
Anonymous
| I don't have a problem with it, but I'm not the best Catholic (accidentally ate meat on Friday, don't go to church, and haven't given up anything for Lent) |
Anonymous
| I asked this same question last year for my then-K boy. We are Catholic and I know when I was a kid my mother would never have done this on the day before Easter. We went ahead and had the party... but had a very small turnout. Easter tends to coincide with spring break in some public school systems (including ours), so tons of families tend to go away (even if they don't celebrate Easter.) I don't regret having the party then since we had visiting family, but I would have felt a little less guilty about the costs if we'd had 20 kids instead of 10 including the cousins. BTW, my son (who turned 6yo) had a great time and didn't care a bit about the low turnout. |
Anonymous
| I had my bridal shower that day (the thought was to make it easier for extended family) and it was a bust! I had like two friends there out of the many that were invited. Wouldn't do that again... so many people are out of town. |
Anonymous
| Hmm. I was just wondering this. My DD is in pre-K at a center so I wasn't too worried about people being out of town since the center doesn't close for Spring Break. But of course, if the kids have older siblings in school the families may go out of town. |
Anonymous
| We had a kid party the Saturday before Easter last year, and only about half the kids could make it. It was ok with me but I'm glad Easter is not conflicting this year as my child was disappointed that so many friends didn't come. |
Anonymous
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God may strike you dead - or possibly create a thunderstorm.
Why risk it, OP? |
Anonymous
| really depends on your friends, no? |
Anonymous
| I don't think it's bad from a religious standpoint (since you asked) but many people are out of town as PPs noted and a kid's bday party is not a good enough reason to stick around (evne if it was a good friend - we always go to my mom's and i wouldn't drop that even if DD's best friend decided to have it that weekend since it's family time). |
Anonymous
| bad attendance... |
Anonymous
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Thanks, we'll pick another date. We've already had spring break, but I didn't realize people might be traveling to be with family at Easter anyway.
-OP |
Anonymous
| See, I'm cheap, and think having it that day works in your favor. You can invite more kids and not everyone will come! |