How much are you spending on easter baskets and what is your HHI
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Anonymous
What? That is NOT the norm. |
Anonymous
Fine if you don't, but why are you "astonished"? I'm not religious either, but I don't get the astonishment. Fine if you don't celebrate Easter either religiously or Pagan-style, like I do, but what's the problem? If I want to celebrate the arrival of spring by providing my kid with some new chalk and a jump rope in an old basket, what's it to you? |
Anonymous
Not the norm, though I'll admit to giving some big ticket items on Easter - but they were things my child was getting anyway, like a new bike. Advertising on FB is another story - very tacky. |
Anonymous
| The point of an Easter basket is to eat my kids candy. One doesn't like jelly beans and one doesn't like Cadbury cream eggs (might have to do a DNA test on that kid to make sure he's mine) so it works out well for me. |
Anonymous
| IN my experience it's my family members who are very low income who make it a priority to have the most over the top basket they can have for their kids. I think it some how makes them feel better. |
Anonymous
Don't be such a PC sour-puss! Its still a fun thing to do. Even the White House has a egg hunt that everyone can enjoy together. 
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Anonymous
| Unless we couldn't afford it, my HHI wouldn't affect how much I spend. I'm a millionaire and I see no point in a $50 basket filled with more than $20 worth of candy and grass. |
Anonymous
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We reuse the same basket I bought at Target 4 years ago for her first Easter.
I put things in it I would be buying for spring/summer anyway. This year it's bubbles, sidewalk chalk, water shoes and a squirt gun. I'll probably toss in some chocolate eggs and call it a day. So maybe $20-$25? |
Anonymous
| Nothing. We just totally skip easter. HHI is about 460k. |
Anonymous
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HHI - 250k
Reusing the basket again this year (will probably get a new one in a few years) and spent $60 filling which includes: About $10 in candy (jelly beans, one large hollow egg with a peep, and another pack of peeps) $10 - Minnie Mouse Bunny $20 - Little Mermaid bath playset (realized we haven't bought her a new bath toy since she was born... she's 3) $8 - Stuffed Pascal toy $10 - 2 new t-shirts (in 3T, which she desperately needs) I don't add grass or anything, it's messy and a pain to cleanup. We instead hide the basket and DD has to find it. She loves it! We also have just started using Hoppy Paws (http://hoppypaws.com/). I'm more about creating the magic of it, not buying a lot of crap and candy. |
Anonymous
| 175k HHI and maybe 25 bucks on basket contents. We reuse the baskets every year. Three kids and mostly stuff like a few chocolates and then matchbox cars or hair barrettes. |
Anonymous
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$0, my ILs send one for DD, and I think that's enough. They send it via FTD or similar, so I suspect it's at least $30+. FWIW, I'm not Christian, and DH is agnostic (raised as a methodist).
As a kid, I got one from my aunt and uncle (uncle is Episcopalian, aunt is not) who used to invite us for their Easter dinner. We'd take baskets for our cousins. I can't imagine the baskets we gave and received would cost more than $10-15 today. Just fake grass, candy, and homemade Easter eggs. |
Anonymous
| What does HHI have to do with what's going in our kids' Easter baskets? |
Anonymous
Thanks for the helpful post. |
Anonymous
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Nothing, and plenty.
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