https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Mon, 25 May 2026 08:14:49 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pressure-to-do-holiday-things#post-2439857 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:32:12 +0000 youboots 2439857@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Ha we are taking the babe to Vegas for Easter. I grew up in a religious home (now agnostic) so my MIL being excited that she has decorative bunnies that poop out jelly beans is too much for me. I like the fun that comes with holidays, but am still cynical that most of this fun is so that businesses can make money. Mostly I think we will just go with it.</p> <p>I like to go out of town for about 1/2 of the years holidays. Long weekends are awesome for a little extra time to travel. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/pressure-to-do-holiday-things#post-2439845 Thu, 28 Jan 2016 10:26:59 +0000 Mrs. Carrot 2439845@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Just wondering if anyone has had experience with feeling pressured to do holiday things around holidays you don't necessarily celebrate. For example, neither my husband nor I grew up with Christmas as a tradition. We decided to create a small, secular Christmas for our daughter because I love the holiday spirit, and part of me was worried that she would feel left out as she got older, growing up around such a major holiday with no commemoration herself. I'm finding the same pressure to make something up around Easter. I have absolutely zero Easter tradition, and it feels like a much more religious holiday as well, but we're constantly getting invited to egg hunts and she's getting baskets from well meaning friends of ours, so I anticipate having this question eventually of why we don't make a basket for her. Just wondering how others handle this kind of stuff. </p>