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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Look, I will ALWAYS vote against a MIL but plenty of atheists celebrate Easter and Christmas. We do Easter egg hunts and Santa. Easter is about the Easter bunny and spring and baby animals and hope and the plants and animals coming alive after winter. Atheists can love Easter and want to celebrate it with family members. We love it at my house. And I feel just as entitled to it as Christians. But MIL could have her Easter with her grandchild on Saturday or the weekend before or after, probably.[/quote]

“Loving” it and marking/ observing it as a significant time in your faith are totally different things,  though. I understand you’re able to see the difference with your post, but apparently OPs MIL cannot. She’s trying to hijack the most important weekend of the Christian calendar without even acknowledging that the weekend is only significant to her because of the Christian calendar.

I get being an atheist, but there should be nothing uncomfortable about sharing in these special holidays. She should actually feel honoured to be included in the celebrations despite her opposing views. [/quote]

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