akibun 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 I wondering if not religious people also celebrate Easter holiday? I saw documentary about it and about people buying chocolate egg etc on television to give to children etc. Link to post Share on other sites
sakebomb 0 Posted March 11, 2005 Share Posted March 11, 2005 Suckers, while I was living in Australia it was just a holiday, the easter egg thing was just for children. It has some symbolism which most people (including me ) probably don't even know. More of a marketing ploy from the chocolate companies these days. Link to post Share on other sites
sava 0 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 In the supermarkets here, we have Easter eggs available from New Years, it's kinda crazy Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 My family celebrates Easter but we aren't religious - it's more like we're celebrating the miracle of chocolate. Link to post Share on other sites
oblivion 5 Posted March 8, 2006 Share Posted March 8, 2006 Something to celebrate indeed! How do you actually 'celebrate Easter' nicole? (apart from eating lots of choco) Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 We celebrate Easter in Greece. For the Orthodox Church it is the most significant celebration, more important than Christmas. We don’t have the “chocolate egg” thing or the “Easter bunny” character, but usually each family paints real eggs red for Easter. Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 During my school years easter was as big, if not bigger than Xmas, to me being catholic. Our family weren't "good" catholics and we didn't really do anything religious besides go camping and looking for easter eggs that the easter bunny had stashed. Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by oblivion: Something to celebrate indeed! How do you actually 'celebrate Easter' nicole? (apart from eating lots of choco) Well we (immediate family) just get together and have lunch and exchange easter eggs/gifts. It's pretty low key and is really just an excuse to all get together and eat until we can eat no more Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 Speaking of easter eggs... Cadbury Creme Eggs are like the best freakin' thing ever. I hope the bunny brings me a couple Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted March 9, 2006 Share Posted March 9, 2006 I think if I tried to eat a Cadbury Creme Egg now, it would feel like an attack of Ebola. I hope the bunny takes you mine. Link to post Share on other sites
blinkin'ek 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 How small are they now? Get smaller every year right? Mmmmmm, fondant creme Link to post Share on other sites
damian 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by nicole: Speaking of easter eggs... Cadbury Creme Eggs are like the best freakin' thing ever. I hope the bunny brings me a couple You need to see more of the worlds simple chocolate offerings. Have you ever been to Belgium or Switzerland and bought the chocolate on sale in freeway petrol stations? How about eaten Japanese scorched almonds sold on train platforms?? Cream Egg???? Like O11 I would be physically ill if I attempted to eat one. You can't get much worse than they are. Cadbury chocolate is almost not real chocolate. Link to post Share on other sites
sunrise 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Well, since it used to be real eggs as per Tsonda's culture, where did the rabbit come from and why did the eggs become chocolate? And what's that got to do with a guy coming back from the dead? Link to post Share on other sites
indosnm 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 and what's santa got to do with Xmas? I got my first eggs yesterday! Cadbury Creme eggs, I used to like for a sugar rush but had one back in OZ and almost chucked. Link to post Share on other sites
rigor mortis 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 i certainly wouldn't kick a 4-pack of cadbury creme eggs out of bed! Link to post Share on other sites
Yuki's Passion 1 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Id rather have some Reeces (sp) peanut butter cups...OMG, theyre soooo good Link to post Share on other sites
farquah 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 Quote: Originally posted by sunrise: Well, since it used to be real eggs as per Tsonda's culture, where did the rabbit come from and why did the eggs become chocolate? And what's that got to do with a guy coming back from the dead? Trying to remember back to Sunday School, but I think that the eggs are to represent the big rocks that were pushed infront of the cave jesus was entrapped in. Might be wrong, but think that is what I remember! Also think Easter actually originally comes from a really old festival of celebrating the arrival of spring and the easter bunny comes from there as a symbol of Spring. I think?!? Anyone still give things up for lent? I don`t anymore but remeber trying to go without sweets as a kid for the lent period and then having a massive feast of them on Easter Sunday!! I prefer the hot cross buns that we have on the run up to easter over the Lent period and palm Sunday!! Used to LOVE those things hot with a massive dollop of butter in them!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
rigor mortis 0 Posted March 10, 2006 Share Posted March 10, 2006 they are tremendous. the icecream is sensational too. have you tried the 'nama' chocolate in japan? its awesome! especially the stuff i bought in hokkaido (as an omiage). those thin bars of meiji chocolate remind me heaps of the hollow easter eggs from back home. Link to post Share on other sites
ncorrenti 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 I thought eggs were meant to represent new life. Link to post Share on other sites
tsondaboy 0 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 They are supposed to represent the resurrection of Christ. Doing a search in the internet will give you many different interest versions of the origin of this custom, but most of them are connected to new life or resurrection. Link to post Share on other sites
HoTRoD 2 Posted March 11, 2006 Share Posted March 11, 2006 Chocolate eggs represent yummy treats for us to enjoy. Link to post Share on other sites
BagOfCrisps 24 Posted March 15, 2006 Share Posted March 15, 2006 They come in 6-packs now. (4-pack and the box would be too small to see ) Link to post Share on other sites
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