We celebrate as a coming of spring and mix in a little Ostara. So we get the bunnies and the eggs. I add in seeds and some gardening gloves and call it a day.

So do we. It's a fun pagan spring holiday, celebrating the holy birth of cute little chicks to fluffy bunnies.

Non-religious Jew here, and no we don't give our kids Easter baskets. We do, however, continue the tradition that my parents began when I was a child -- bringing home half-price Easter candy from the drugstore the next week!

We don't have Christian backgrounds, but I love fun holidays. So to me, Easter is about brunch and egg hunts and bunnies and candy. So yes, we will be celebrating easter with our LO.

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Anonymous wrote:I'm not Christian but came from a Christian background, so facets of Christmas and Easter celebrations like Easter egg hunts and baskets with candy, etc. come naturally. We wouldn't have adopted those traditions, I don't think, if dh and I didn't have the Christian backgrounds.

Yes, us too. Not sure what we'd do if we were from an entirely different religious background.

Me three. I'm a Catholic-raised atheist and DH is a Protestant-raised agnostic so we obviously both celebrated Easter growing up. Oldest is almost three and we haven't done anything for Easter in the past but I am thinking this year we may get small Easter baskets.

Anonymous wrote:As a Christian I can safely say that the Easter Bunny has absolutely nothing to do with the actual meaning of the holiday, and I would not be in the least offended if my non-Christian friends gave their kids an "Easter" basket. There are lots of different kinds and last I checked all kids like candy, not just Christian ones. Nor would I be offended if non-Christans attended the Easter egg roll. Dyed eggs have nothing to do with the religious holiday either. It all ties back to pagan rituals, and don't we all love those?

That is very big of you. Just for info, what presents am I not allowed to get my children in case they offend you?
(I am worried my kids' Jesus action figure might be at risk!)

Anonymous wrote:I'm not Christian but came from a Christian background, so facets of Christmas and Easter celebrations like Easter egg hunts and baskets with candy, etc. come naturally. We wouldn't have adopted those traditions, I don't think, if dh and I didn't have the Christian backgrounds.

Yes, us too. Not sure what we'd do if we were from an entirely different religious background.

Yes, we have roast lamb, easter baskets, egg hunts, the whole kit and kaboodle. Even better, we don't darken the doors of any church to interfere with the merry-making.

As a Christian I can safely say that the Easter Bunny has absolutely nothing to do with the actual meaning of the holiday, and I would not be in the least offended if my non-Christian friends gave their kids an "Easter" basket. There are lots of different kinds and last I checked all kids like candy, not just Christian ones. Nor would I be offended if non-Christans attended the Easter egg roll. Dyed eggs have nothing to do with the religious holiday either. It all ties back to pagan rituals, and don't we all love those?

I'm not Christian but came from a Christian background, so facets of Christmas and Easter celebrations like Easter egg hunts and baskets with candy, etc. come naturally. We wouldn't have adopted those traditions, I don't think, if dh and I didn't have the Christian backgrounds.

Yes. Easter is about the Easter Bunny and egg hunts. Any excuse for holiday.

yeah, we are going to do it, but gear it toward the idea of spring and concept of rebirth. Cause everyone knows jelly beans have as much to do with jesus as... um...

gosh no. We're practicing Jews. No Christmas presents, no Easter baskets. It's ok to tell your kids that some families do XXX and other families do not. Not every family/kid/whathaveyou has to do the same thing. You can use it as an example to highlight whatever family celebrations you do.

Yes.

I know a lot of Non-Christian families who do some form of Christmas for their kids. Wondering if that extends to Easter chocolate as well. The reason I ask is my child is not Christian and we don't do anything for the holiday. He's in a very diverse class at school with many non-Christians, but they all had some sort of Christmas Santa or gift giving this year. So my "Christmas is for Christians" talk didn't hold much water after his best buddies (Jewish and Hindu) were talking about all the legos and whatnot they got for Christmas. Just trying to figure out if or how I should reframe my conversations with my kid.