I love Easter. I love it more than Christmas. Shock! Gasp!
Apologies to all the Christmas lovers out there.
For me, Easter is such a fun time. Don’t get me wrong,
Christmas is still fun but on a different level. Easter is Christmas without the
steroids, not to mention without all the painful relatives and stressful
present shopping. Oh, and one more very important thing, without the cost. Calm
down Christmas lovers, Christmas is wonderful, it’s just I like Easter better.
So I thought I would put together my top 10 reasons why
Easter is better than Christmas.
10. You get to
eat chocolate.
Okay, so this one is specific to
the Sydneysiders but for those of you who aren’t a Sydneysider, it’s worth
visiting Sydney to experience the Show. This
annual show is a smorgasbord of rides, food, show bags, animals, fashion, gizmos
and gadgets. For many, a visit to the show is an annual ritual stemming from
their childhood days. My favourite part of the show is the wood chopping. Oh
and ladies, the wood chopping will be displaying some mighty fine eye candy
this year.
8. You get
four days off work.
Whoohoo!!! Good Friday, Easter
Saturday, Easter Sunday and Easter Monday. See with Christmas, it’s a bit hit
and miss with the public holidays. Some years you get four days, some years
only three and shock, horror, some years only two! Whereas with Easter, it’s a
guaranteed four days every year. Some years, there’s even a bonus day if Easter
falls late and around Anzac Day. All this without having to dip into your
Annual leave. Really couldn’t be better.
7. Hot Cross
Buns (HCB's)
There’s nothing better than this
seasonal tasty treat toasted with butter and jam. I know the fitness freaks and
nutrition nuts are cringing right now. They’re yelling out how many calories
are in a HCB and how many minutes of exercise it takes to burn off before this
doughy delight dimples my thighs. So to them I say, “Dimples come forth, I’ve
got 11 months to get rid of you!”. With HCB’s in so many varieties, it’s a
guilty pleasure I’m proud to announce I indulge in. Before I move on to the
next point, let me be clear, there are no HCB’s at Christmas.
6. The
Easter Bunny
This is the wonderful white
fluffy bunny which comes to your house bearing lots of chocolate. Unlike Santa
Claus this one doesn’t need any food left out. This is a great thing if you
are parents. The Easter Bunny doesn’t find out if you’re naughty or nice. It
doesn’t matter what you have been like, you still get chocolate anyway! Okay,
the Easter Bunny doesn’t leave you as many presents as Santa Claus. But let me
re-emphasise something, the bunny leaves you chocolate. What more do you need?
Plus, mothers and children take note, there are no photos required on anyone’s
knees. No child tantrums or mothers nagging as they insist on capturing that
precious moment with Santa Claus. We all know those moments end in tears for
everyone concerned.
5. No cards
need to be sent
How good is this! There’s no need
to send any cards at Easter wishing friends and family, Happy Easter. Unlike at
Christmas, where this process can be somewhat excruciating. Generally the
annual Christmas Card writing process requires several alcoholic beverages and you
painstakingly write cards to friends and family, wishing them ‘Happy Christmas’
and ‘All the best for the festive season’ and apologising for the fact it is now
the end of year and you simply don’t know where the time has gone. Easter saves
you from this laborious task and gives you back these precious moments of time
to spend in much more interesting ways.
4. Easter is
cheaper
Unless you are a family which
gives presents at Easter, generally the cost of chocolate in comparison to the
cost of the average present at Christmas, is significantly cheaper. When you think
of all the presents you buy at Christmas, it adds up and makes a pretty big
dent in the credit card. Chocolate, by comparison is much cheaper and makes
people feel much better.
3. Chocolate
takes up less space than Christmas presents
You know what it’s like. You have
received some wonderful (or not so wonderful) presents and then you need to
find room to put them all. Quite often, Christmas presents are just shoved in
any old cupboard and only dealt with when you have a space crisis. Of course, a
space crisis will occur the next Christmas when you face the same problem. The
only room chocolate takes up is in your fridge and once you have eaten it, you
get the space back. It’s a win, win situation really.
2. You don’t
have to fake present happiness at Easter
We have all been there. Some
relative (or friend) gives you a Christmas gift and it’s horrible. It’s so
awful you don’t even think it will make the back of the cupboard. I mean, have
you ever been unhappy receiving chocolate? No, not really. Plus, if you have
received too much chocolate you simply take it in to work and let your
colleagues feast on this delicious goodness. They will love you for it. A
little hard to do with a crappy Christmas present.
1.
Easter Egg Hunts
Waking up on Easter morning and
finding the Easter bunny has left trail of Easter Eggs which sends you all over
the house and backyard. I love it! You are never too old for an Easter Egg
hunt. Although things can turn messy if one child finds more eggs than the other
child. Enter parents who have to step in and gently assist one child to find
those tricky few eggs and hold back the other. With adults, it can turn
downright ugly with competitive spirits in full action. It’s better than
fighting over the last bit of pork crackling and much more interesting. Santa Claus
doesn’t send you on a present hunt. No, this old guy just sticks all the presents’
in one spot. Now that’s not much fun is it?
Happy Easter everyone.
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