It’s not always easy being a non-religious family. Every religious holiday that comes around we have a decision to make. I know that Easter isn’t always treated as a Religious holiday, a great deal of the emphasis these days is put on the bunny, the Easter baskets and the egg hunts. But when I was growing up, my mom made it about the sunrise service and all of the church activities. The Easter bunny never came into it and I didn’t know who he was until I was older.
So, we find ourselves in a predicament as a family that is trying to raise our child without a focus on religion. Should we celebrate this holiday? We could always just focus on the egg hunts and Easter basket. It feels hypocritical though, to celebrate the holiday without the religious part of it. Maybe that’s because I was raised by a very religious mother. I would happily call her a bible thumper.
I certainly don’t want to start some theological debate or one about holiday’s created by the candy companies.
We took the easy way out this year. Because we don’t really have money we opted to not buy her anything. Other people did though. We were happy to accept those items for her so that she could get a few bunnies and some chocolate she shouldn’t eat.
Problem solved… Until next year.
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