My daughter is 3. The past two years we have done an Easter egg hunt with plastic eggs with berries in them. She doesn't yet know that most people get chocolate at Easter. I grew up an evangelical Christian and Easter was very much a religious holiday for me. I'm not sure either how to bring the magic of holidays through without the baggage of capitalism or religion being forefront. I don't believe in much of the Christian story anymore either.
At Christmas we are headed towards doing a winter Solstice (live in Canada) celebration instead of a big celebration on Christmas Day. Last year we had a very commercial capitalist Christmas and it was miserable. I'm hoping for a big hike, a fire, and a nice but not overly fancy dinner with maybe a couple of gifts for my daughter.
Oh, Katherine that Christmas (big hike and a fire) sounds utterly magical and just so real. I can imagine the grappling with what to carry on and what to start anew must be quite a process having had a religious experience as a child yourself.
It’s so beautiful to me that your daughter doesn’t know that yet — and isn’t that the magic of childhood? Things are special because we believe them to be so. That influence from the outside world is so tricky.
My daughter is 3. The past two years we have done an Easter egg hunt with plastic eggs with berries in them. She doesn't yet know that most people get chocolate at Easter. I grew up an evangelical Christian and Easter was very much a religious holiday for me. I'm not sure either how to bring the magic of holidays through without the baggage of capitalism or religion being forefront. I don't believe in much of the Christian story anymore either.
At Christmas we are headed towards doing a winter Solstice (live in Canada) celebration instead of a big celebration on Christmas Day. Last year we had a very commercial capitalist Christmas and it was miserable. I'm hoping for a big hike, a fire, and a nice but not overly fancy dinner with maybe a couple of gifts for my daughter.
Oh, Katherine that Christmas (big hike and a fire) sounds utterly magical and just so real. I can imagine the grappling with what to carry on and what to start anew must be quite a process having had a religious experience as a child yourself.
It’s so beautiful to me that your daughter doesn’t know that yet — and isn’t that the magic of childhood? Things are special because we believe them to be so. That influence from the outside world is so tricky.
Yes it is a big thing to wrestle with. Also my mom is still very religious so that makes things interesting sometimes.
Yes! It's so great. She is just thrilled to open up her eggs and find berries. It's so cute!
I think the short lived Easter bilby over here completely ruined that Easter for my little ones. Oh the confusion. Bilby versus easter bunny!
Oh gosh, yes! Totally. I remember that brief push too. Definitely didn’t stick.