Easter Baskets

southernbelle0915

A woman who works in my office was talking about what she's going to give her 11 year old son for Easter. A bunch of candy..... and a TV, a few video games, movie tickets, and a new bike. Some other woman chimed in that she's giving her 14 year old daughter concert tickets and a $50 gift card to Sephora. 

To me, this sounds more like Christmas! My easter basket was some candy and a yo yo or something. My parents weren't broke, but in our family Easter = a basket of candy and a small toy (maybe). I'll probably do the same thing for my kid(s).

What was Easter like when you were a kid? If you're having kids, what do you think you'll do for them?

cupcait927

Our Easter baskets were the same as yours - we got candy, chocolate and usually a stuffed animal.

 

jdluvr06

My sister and I got candy and some small toys. Occasionally we would get something like a movie or book but not every year.

My nephews and niece get like five Easter baskets. One from their parents, one from Auntie Jd, one from my mom, one from my BIL's parents, and one from my grandma. Those kids are spoiled. 

labro

Same as yours. Our Easter baskets were candy - chocolate, jelly beans, etc., some small gifts, as we got older we sometimes got an iTunes giftcard or something. In our eggs our parents would hide candy and a select few with change and then dollar bills when we were a bit older.

ETA: Worst Easter basket gift ever - one year my mom slipped in a bra when I was 13. I was BEYOND embarrassed.

I seriously don't get these over the top Easter presents. Of all the major Christian holidays, Easter always seems to have been the least over-commercialized, gift wise anyway. And now it's basically Christmas? That's ridiculous!

littlepep

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

paperpusher

Ours were filled with candy and eggs we dyed the night before. We always got a new Easter Sunday outfit. Sometimes a bigger item or two like toys or movies. One year my sister and I got a new bike.

I think the bike was the most expensive it ever got and that was probably because it was right around tax time.

blabla89

Yeah, we got Easter baskets with a bunch of candy (admittedly my mom did go over the top on the candy) and a new toothbrush. When when we were little they also included a stuffed animal or coloring book or something, to keep us occupied while we sat through church.

minttobemrsb

Same as everyone else. Ours had candy, maybe a small toys, and usually a stuffed animal. A TV and bike?? That definitely sounds like birthday or Christmas. 

theartistformerlyknownas

What the shit?! No. We got candy, a new toothbrush, and in particularly generous years, a kite that would end up stuck in a tree by the end of the day. Or those styrofoam airplanes. That's bullshit.

Easter is not a gift-giving holiday to me. My kid(s) will get candy, a toothbrush, and maybe a kite.

My sisters do tend to bring books and sometimes clothes for each other's babymunchkins, but that's just because they spoil the hell out of each other.

minttobemrsb

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

themuffinman16

I think it is good to give the kids something other than candy, but a trinket or small toy is what I would do for easter. Dress Clothes given before easter, with a light jacket (but this is just shopping for the season).  Chocolate, Jelly beans, fruit, and a toy, maybe 15 dollars for an itunes gift card. Nothing huge.

**Also, what do you think is an appropriate age to stop giving kids an easter basket?

southernbelle0915

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

I heard they changed the recipe and people are pisssssed.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/living/cadbury-creme-egg-recipe-change-feat/

TRAGEDY. 

chibiyui

I got candy and a small toy. From my Aunt and Uncle. I don't think my parents ever gave me anything beyond candy for Easter.

Candy from Grandparents, and small stuff from the Easter Egg hunt.

We're totally doing Easter Egg hunts for future progeny.

cupcait927

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

You got yours handed to you!? When my sister and I were young, we had to go around the house to find where ours were hidden. One year my dad taped my sister's to the inside of his winter coat. We searched for an hour and finally gave up. Once we were teenagers he stopped hiding them and just gave them to us.

theartistformerlyknownas

themuffinman16 said:

I think it is good to give the kids something other than candy, but a trinket or small toy is what I would do for easter. Dress Clothes given before easter, with a light jacket (but this is just shopping for the season).  Chocolate, Jelly beans, fruit, and a toy, maybe 15 dollars for an itunes gift card. Nothing huge.

**Also, what do you think is an appropriate age to stop giving kids an easter basket?

I'll let you know when I get there. My parents both still make me one, although it comes in a paper gift bag now cuz I have my actual basket at my house.

southernbelle0915

themuffinman16 said:

**Also, what do you think is an appropriate age to stop giving kids an easter basket?

I'm pretty sure my parents did it until I moved out. They'd hide it and I was pretty well over the search by the time I was 13 (aka - way too cool for stuff like that anymore). But they hid it anyway. 

I'll probably do the same if they seem to be into it. 

cupcait927

themuffinman16 said:

I think it is good to give the kids something other than candy, but a trinket or small toy is what I would do for easter. Dress Clothes given before easter, with a light jacket (but this is just shopping for the season).  Chocolate, Jelly beans, fruit, and a toy, maybe 15 dollars for an itunes gift card. Nothing huge.

**Also, what do you think is an appropriate age to stop giving kids an easter basket?

I got one until I graduated from college. My dad mainly used it as an excuse as we got older to go to the fancy chocolate store in town to fill our baskets and get some of the good stuff for himself as well.

hellosweetie1015

I mean, one year I got rainbow sandals. But they were necessary - I had no sandals. Every other year, I got a neat easter outfit before and enough candy to give my dentist a heart attack.

@themuffinman16 I mean I'm putting together easter baskets for my entire family. Mom, Dad, FI, sisters, and brother (and, duh, myself). The youngest is 18.

levioosa

Our Easter baskets really varied according to how well off we were that year (or how poor).  Some years it was legit like Christmas.  Other years it was like a Hershey bar.

There is one year that really sticks out in my memory though.  My Grandpa likes to do big elaborate riddles and puzzles that you have to solve in order to get a gift.  He planned out an Easter egg hunt that required us to do algebra to figure out the number of steps needed to go each direction (N, E, W, S, etc).  My brother/cousin and I were 5, 7, and 8.  We were in tears because he was upset we couldn't get it.  Turns out he did the directions wrong (miscalculated one of the steps).  The prize was also just a bunch of pennies in a small Easter egg, so as a kid, it totally wasn't worth the literal tears.  Hell, as an adult it wouldn't be worth the effort.

minttobemrsb

southernbelle0915 said:

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

I heard they changed the recipe and people are pisssssed.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/living/cadbury-creme-egg-recipe-change-feat/

TRAGEDY. 

What?? Wasn't it enough that they made them smaller???

jdluvr06

themuffinman16 said:

I think it is good to give the kids something other than candy, but a trinket or small toy is what I would do for easter. Dress Clothes given before easter, with a light jacket (but this is just shopping for the season).  Chocolate, Jelly beans, fruit, and a toy, maybe 15 dollars for an itunes gift card. Nothing huge.

**Also, what do you think is an appropriate age to stop giving kids an easter basket?

My mom still makes sis and me one. Now she makes them for BIL and h too.

littlepep

cupcait927 said:

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

You got yours handed to you!? When my sister and I were young, we had to go around the house to find where ours were hidden. One year my dad taped my sister's to the inside of his winter coat. We searched for an hour and finally gave up. Once we were teenagers he stopped hiding them and just gave them to us.

Harsh! I guess my parents were lazy too haha. 

littlepep

minttobemrsb said:

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

Those things are ruining my freaking wedding diet. I can't resist them!

sarawifenow

My basket was very similar to yours. My mom would throw in a stuffed animal when I was younger, too.

 

I definitely plan on making Easter baskets for my kids. I will likely just go with the standard candy and a toy.

theartistformerlyknownas

Our baskets were never hidden. Just sitting on the hearth waiting to be destroyed, next to the plate of carrots we'd left out for the Easter bunny, always with one or two left with little nibble marks in them. 

littlepep

southernbelle0915 said:

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

I heard they changed the recipe and people are pisssssed.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/living/cadbury-creme-egg-recipe-change-feat/

TRAGEDY. 

"The change applies only to Cadbury eggs sold in the United Kingdom."

WHEW. I'm safe.  

Cookie Pusher

We didn't even get Easter baskets since we couldn't afford to buy enough candy for all the kids at once. We did, however, raid all the after-Easter, 50% off candy sales!

plainjane0415

The last Easter Basket I got was when I was about 12.

It had candy, A Spice Girls CD, and the bunny Beanie Babies (all 3).

It was the best one, and after that I didn't get any more Easter Baskets.

jdluvr06

lolo883 said:

Our baskets were never hidden. Just sitting on the hearth waiting to be destroyed, next to the plate of carrots we'd left out for the Easter bunny, always with one or two left with little nibble marks in them. 

Omg! That is adorable. We never did anything cute like that. We used to hang eggs up outside in a tree though for the fertility goddesses.... My mom is a little weird 

novella1186

We got Passover baskets (yeah right, mom, just admit that you love Easter) which are exactly the same as Easter baskets and happen to be given on Easter, not Passover. See why I'm such an awful Jew? I come by it honestly. 

But our baskets always just had the typical candy. Some jelly beans, a chocolate bunny, etc. Maybe a cute headband or nail polish but that's about it. And my mom tends to go OTT for xmas gifts. I mean Hunnukah gifts. But Easter just wasn't that big. I mean Passover. Whatever. I got shit, I don't care what the reason was called. 

minttobemrsb

littlepep said:

southernbelle0915 said:

littlepep said:

WHAAAAAAAAAA?

No. We got candy and a few small things. I don't think my parents ever spent more than maybe $50. 

And if we're being honest, Easter baskets are all about the candy. GIMME THAT CHOCOLATE BUNNY. 

ETA: It's like a lazy version of Halloween. Candy delievered directly to me right after I wake up.

YESS!! Gotta have the chocolate bunny!! I'm still a sucker for those damn cadbury eggs. Some things you just never outgrow. 

I heard they changed the recipe and people are pisssssed.

http://www.cnn.com/2015/01/12/living/cadbury-creme-egg-recipe-change-feat/

TRAGEDY. 

"The change applies only to Cadbury eggs sold in the United Kingdom."

WHEW. I'm safe.  

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Crisis averted!! And for the sake of your wedding diet, we will all pretend that they changed them to zero calories!