Hellobee Boards Topic: If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?

Hellobee Boards Topic: If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you? https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Sun, 05 Apr 2026 18:38:04 +0000 preggomeggo82 on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526749 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 15:02:07 +0000 preggomeggo82 1526749@https://boards.hellobee.com/ My baby's due date :wink: Cole on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526731 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:59:05 +0000 Cole 1526731@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Right now we don't celebrate it at all-- but I definitely have a stash of Easter candy in my kitchen. When we have a little one it will be a low key celebration of spring but I will explain what it means to others. Mostly, I feel like a Scrooge taking the egg hunt, Easter bunny and basket out of it since around here all of their friends will celebrate so we will just celebrate in our own way. Perhaps we will make it a gardening day depending on when it falls to really make it a spring type celebration. lamariniere on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526706 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:53:27 +0000 lamariniere 1526706@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's just a four day weeks for us. I'm not even entirely sure when Easter is this year. ShootingStar on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526697 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:50:44 +0000 ShootingStar 1526697@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised celebrating secular Easter, which meant I got an Easter basket and we had a nice dinner. As an adult it's pretty much the lowest on my personal totem pole of holidays. Since I've been with DH we usually celebrate with DH's extended family because they're religious and put on a nice dinner and it's not much of a holiday in my family. And my parents live 3 hours away and I don't deem Easter a big enough deal to travel for. In the future I'll make a basket for DS and we'll still probably do dinner with the in-laws. But no church for us. Adira on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526673 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:42:44 +0000 Adira 1526673@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Oh, and to answer someone else's question - both my parents are Agnostic and raised us Agnostic, but we still celebrated Easter because THEY were both raised Christian and celebrated it! But I have never celebrated the religious aspects of it - just the eggs, bunnies, family aspect of it. Adira on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526668 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:41:46 +0000 Adira 1526668@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Similar to Christmas - it's just another Holiday to get together with family (and sometimes we just skip it). By the way - how Pagan is Easter anyway?? It's on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the Spring Equinox! :D Mrs. Lemon-Lime on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526642 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:32:53 +0000 Mrs. Lemon-Lime 1526642@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I haven't celebrated Easter in years by going to church. Usually it just means ham dinner, but even that hasn't happened in a while. doodlepoodle on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526625 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:29:15 +0000 doodlepoodle 1526625@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Both DH and I grew up episcopalian, but we no longer attend a church or have that affiliation...and I'm not sure we will again. Neither of our families do much, I'm not sure we will even do an Easter basket until he's old enough to do an egg hunt...we haven't even talked about that! looch on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526611 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:26:20 +0000 looch 1526611@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Same as Christmas, secular holiday. Ra on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526516 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 14:04:41 +0000 Ra 1526516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We will hide his basket from the Easter bunny. That's about it! We don't even get together with family or have a big dinner. shinymama on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526489 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:59:10 +0000 shinymama 1526489@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @JessKas: I have vivid dreams about those glorious purple bags! dojo on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526358 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:36:40 +0000 dojo 1526358@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I wasn't raised in any religion and DH and I aren't religious. I did grow up celebrating Easter mostly as a celebration of spring and a time to get together with extended family for an egg hunt/candy/dressing up/dinner. I am still not sure what Easter will look like for our family now that we have a LO though I do think we will celebrate in some form. yoursilverlining on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526329 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:30:19 +0000 yoursilverlining 1526329@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Celebration of Spring! And one where "celebrate" means eating lots of delicious chocolate bunnies! JessKas on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you/page/2#post-1526321 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:28:43 +0000 JessKas 1526321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ a day to eat ham with family. and chocolate. AND IT'S CADBURY MINI EGG SEASON. Greentea on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1526289 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:21:12 +0000 Greentea 1526289@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @MsLipGloss: I dislike how it is about "judging children's behavior." That just doesn't seem very Christian to me. Like Santa too! Poor kids. :silly: The Easter bunny always scared me as a kid! mrsjazz on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1526277 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:18:55 +0000 mrsjazz 1526277@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @rattles: Both DH and I were raised in Christian households, his family is Pentecostal and mine is Baptist (though we were originally JW's who didn't celebrate any of that stuff). The switching of religions/denominations is what soured me to religion but I had to do the whole Palm Sunday and Easter thing as a child. I just want to eat the ears off of chocolate bunnies and call it a day. Smurfette on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1526263 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:16:13 +0000 Smurfette 1526263@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @bpcmarj: haha! I thought that was Memorial Day? Silva on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1526255 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 13:14:47 +0000 Silva 1526255@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Smurfette: spring! My parents, and my husband and I are all having frequent conversations about how to celebrate At Christmas time and Easter time in a secular way. The answer for us is by celebrating nature and the seasons- many of the traditions associated with these holidays lend themselves to nature celebrations, anyway. I've been enjoying thinking of new and old traditions for my family. rattles on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1526115 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:52:40 +0000 rattles 1526115@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Radish: @sorrycharlie: @twodoghouse: Thanks, guys! I just wondered, but since I made my own religious views clear, I didn't want anyone to take it as a loaded question. I appreciate the response! @deerylou: @lawbee11: Totally agreed about Christian holidays being the social/cultural norm - that's why I asked. I wondered if that was enough to make people otherwise unrelated celebrate it too. swurlygurl on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525980 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:34:31 +0000 swurlygurl 1525980@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I actually AM religious (Christian), but we never celebrated Easter (or Christmas) as a religious holiday. So, Easter to me = Easter basket, poofy dresses, egg hunt + family meal lindseykaye on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525977 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:34:12 +0000 lindseykaye 1525977@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised by lapsed Catholic parents and we attended church on Easter and Christmas when I was young. We lived next door to the non-denominational bible church we attended and my brother eventually started attending youth group and became very involved, I also attended when I was older but was always questioning. We're both now very secular people who do not attend religious services of any kind and I identify as an atheist (not sure where my brother is on the spectrum now). DH was raised Episcopalian through his childhood and his mom and most of her side of the family are very faithful. We celebrate Easter to welcome the coming of Spring and the renewal of life through nature rather than Jesus (flowers and new leaves, baby animals, etc.). If the dates lined up better each year I would love to just celebrate the equinox, but they rarely do. bpcmarj on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525957 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:31:32 +0000 bpcmarj 1525957@https://boards.hellobee.com/ White shoes!!! But really, it used to be about church to me but not anymore. Now it is about being with family and having a time to dress up, have a nice meal, and try to enjoy each other's company without fighting and all being on good behavior. Bao on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525954 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:30:59 +0000 Bao 1525954@https://boards.hellobee.com/ A day with family, small gifts and treats. MsLipGloss on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525947 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:30:00 +0000 MsLipGloss 1525947@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Greentea: EB = Springtime Santa! <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny" rel="nofollow">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Bunny</a> ETA: not Christian, just thought I would share! lawbee11 on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525942 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:28:23 +0000 lawbee11 1525942@https://boards.hellobee.com/ @Greentea: LOL, exactly. We're not celebrating a Christian holiday, we're celebrating a Hallmark holiday! Greentea on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525935 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:26:15 +0000 Greentea 1525935@https://boards.hellobee.com/ Just another day to me but might do easter egg hunt if lo wants to when she's older. But if you are Christian what is with the easter bunny? dolphin on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525911 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:22:23 +0000 dolphin 1525911@https://boards.hellobee.com/ It's just another day. It means dressing DD is something cute and when she gets older we'll do eggs and bunnies. TemperanceBrennan on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525878 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:14:31 +0000 TemperanceBrennan 1525878@https://boards.hellobee.com/ We probably wouldn't do anything if we lived far away from family, but since DH's family is VERY Catholic, we usually join them in a family lunch or dinner. I think once we have kids we will embrace the more secular "Yay Spring" sentiment as other posted has said. ETA: The concept of Easter is one of the first things that made me doubt Christianity as a child so I always feel retrospective around this time. Mae on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525857 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:08:47 +0000 Mae 1525857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I was raised Christian and still consider myself religious but I don't go to church and I don't celebrate Easter in any sort of religious fashion-- it is just a day to get together with family for me. The reason I'm not big on Easter as a religious holiday (or Christmas for that matter) is that I don't personally believe that the dates of these holidays hold any meaning. I'm aware of how the religion came to look as it currently does, through the nicene conference and incorporation into the Roman empire and then throughout the centuries-- and it all just seems political to me. Sort of the same reason I don't celebrate Valentines Day. I love my husband every day and hallmark isn't going to tell me I should love him more on Feb 14. I thank God every day and have a relationship with him every day and I don't believe in the constructs of the church as it currently exists. Littlebit on "If you aren't religious, what is Easter to you?" https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/if-you-arent-religious-what-is-easter-to-you#post-1525856 Thu, 27 Mar 2014 12:08:47 +0000 Littlebit 1525856@https://boards.hellobee.com/ I grew up Christian and have really found memories of Easter as a child! Once I have my LO it will mostly be about family, spring, baskets, egg hunts, etc. like @mrsjazz: said, it will be more about family and eating good food, then it will be about religion.