Oh, so interesting. Here Easter seems to be all about Chocolate and egg-hunts. I have seen people who are not at all Christians buying chocolate for kids.
I am a Christian but I don't observe any of these Holidays in traditional, "materialistic" sense. Christmas - don't start me on this, it is such a hotch-potch of everything (and the time of the year doesn't correspond with the accounts of Jesus's birth in the Bible). Our family just takes it as a time to spend with the family. Easter - as you say, at least we know that the event of the Crucification is supposed to be around this time, but again - for us it is a time to spend with the family.
Thinking more, I remembered where from I know which holiday is "bigger" here. At the beginning of my Uk life, I worked at a supermarket for a year. The sale peak times in the UK go like this: Christmas, Easter, Valentine's day / Mother's day
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Date: 2010-03-14 11:43 pm (UTC)I am a Christian but I don't observe any of these Holidays in traditional, "materialistic" sense. Christmas - don't start me on this, it is such a hotch-potch of everything (and the time of the year doesn't correspond with the accounts of Jesus's birth in the Bible). Our family just takes it as a time to spend with the family. Easter - as you say, at least we know that the event of the Crucification is supposed to be around this time, but again - for us it is a time to spend with the family.
Thinking more, I remembered where from I know which holiday is "bigger" here. At the beginning of my Uk life, I worked at a supermarket for a year. The sale peak times in the UK go like this: Christmas, Easter, Valentine's day / Mother's day