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Hi everyone -

I was wondering how you celebrate Easter. It is such a holy time and I have always tried to avoid the whole colored eggs and easter bunny thing with my kids for the sake of keeping it holy. BUT I can only only avoid it so much having young kids. I have never done the colored agg thing as an adult since I just don't particularly like hard boiled eggs (although some are really pretty!) and have always gotten the kids small baskets with some candy and trinkets.

It means more to me this year than ever to teach my kids the true meaning of what Good Friday and Easter are really about. I feel so guilty for given into the hype of the easter bunny. Tell me I am not the only one who does this!!!

*Should this be in the parents forum? If so, feel free to move it!

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Go to church on Good Friday and Easter Sunday, then have dinner with the fam


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Um... you might want to duck and cover - and be sure you're wearing a flame-proof suit. This topic is sure to generate a lot of, well, passion.


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Hey Mamato :whistling: A pleasure to meet you :whistling:

I have to be honest, I don't have kids (yet :emot-giggle: ) and I've grown up in a home with unsaved parents, but I have heard of a few women at my church over the years who have done the whole Easter bunny thing. I don't agree with it really, but you're not alone. I have to be honest, I think it was kind of fun as a kid doing easter egg hunts, etc, but the importance should be focused around Christ for sure... Like, why is it around Christmas time we taboo Santa (no arguments there), but we still do things like "Secret snowman".

I'm sorry I'm a little scattered brained at the moment... I do'nt really celebrate Easter except for whatever we do at my church, and I know that at my church, it isn't supported to do the whole easter egg hunt thing, but I guess there isn't too much of an issue as long as they know what Easter is all about right? It's like we're saying "The easter bunny is coming to town" :laugh: We still give gifts are Christmas time. I think this is something that maybe you and your husband should be pray about, search the scriptures, and find God's will on it for your children because there are many different ideas on this topic, and you're probably just going to get people's opinions, which are great, but it's for your kids.

I hope this helps somehow, praying for you :thumbsup:

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why not put little christian trinkets in the eggs? you can buy a dozen christian eggs at places like "family christian bookstore" for about $12, but i bet you could make them cheaper. and then it would open up conversation about God after the egg hunt is over.


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We do the Resurrection Eggs instead of easter eggs. Along with the things that EricH mentioned.


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I say that it would be ok to celebrate easter with the bunny and the eggs. As long as you allow it to be of the spirit.

You can simply relate it to the Good news being spread. In essence to the effect of. The Easter Bunny brings eggs

around to show that each one of us was given a new life when Jesus Christ died on the cross for our sins. The egg

represents this and also the rez / rebirth of new life?


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why not put little christian trinkets in the eggs? you can buy a dozen christian eggs at places like "family christian bookstore" for about $12, but i bet you could make them cheaper. and then it would open up conversation about God after the egg hunt is over.

I saw something like that at the Wal*Mart this year for a buck-fifty.

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really? cool! i don't have any young kids, and my grandson is a long ways away.... ya know what? i was planning to go see them in april, maybe i'll go down for easter and take some eggs with me. i'll drop by walmart today when i'm out.


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Good idea about making Christian eggs! Good advice!

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