it’s january and i see the easter bunny
is already busy laying chocolate eggs
maybe she’s switching holidays
planning to take over groundhog day?
—
“we have christmas and thanksgiving, and easter,
although we’re not exactly sure we celebrate them on the right days.”
–Henry De Vere Stacpoole
I didn't have my glasses on.... 
Hot cross buns have been in the stores here since Boxing Day. Easter beats ‘back to school’.
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Punxsutawney Phil is horrible at weather forecasting anyway. If the bunny can do better, I am all for “Bunny Day”.
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I’m in. plus, chocolate.
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👍
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Yes, here in the UK as well. It usually starts straight away. I wanted to take a picture of Easterstuff in the store too and I was told off.
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hahaha – the store knows it’s a bit premature it seems)
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And I thought the valentines hearts were pushing it…
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I know! )
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Way too early!
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always good to keep in mind I think, it is coming before too long, when days are dark
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That is true.
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I find the commercial urgency which is taking over festival days like Easter and Christmas rather sad I have to say
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I so agree it’s gotten crazy
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I find it odd that we have a shortage in the supply chain, yet they had no problem filling up the shelves with Easter candy in January.
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probably not items that people are buying in large quantities yet –
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It’s probably from last year…
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yes!
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I haven’t seen any Easter merch come in yet at Mecca, and it wouldn’t go out until after VD anyway (unless we ran out of candy!). This reminds me of the time we had Christmas lights for sale in July…
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It’s all become mixed into one big celebratory blur
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Celebrating with chocolate can never be a bad thing…
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I did see a section of Valentine’s Day candy boxes two weeks ago. Not sure if they are still there, but doesn’t that day always preclude Easter? Well, maybe they’re getting stock early because of all of the shipping fiascos and shortages?
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That was fast. Chocolate though. I think the right response is thank you. Haha.
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))
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Hopping to is already! Busy bunny, I say, Beth.
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Very
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I am not a fan of shopping. So fortunately I don’t bear witness to a store’s interpretation of the calendar holidays. 🙂 (yes I had to look up ‘bear witness’ to make sure I used the right bear!). 🙂
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Bare witness would be something else
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😂
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The Christmas things remain half price. Some good deals.
Still not getting you in my Reader. 😦 Can’t get markbialczak either.
Oh well.
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Try refollowing us , I keep getting kicked off of mark’s too
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I think the bunny could take over Valentine’s Day with little effort! Bring on the chocolate eggs. 🐰
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Any chocolate really
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Dove dark please?
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Ooh
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What? Easter candy already? We haven’t even reached Valentine’s Day. We need to slow down and savor each special day before replacing it with the next.
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Agree!
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Sigh. All that stuff used to bother me until I realized being bothered was my fault and put a stop to it. Chocolate eggs didn’t, and don’t, bother me. It was the crass commercialism.
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Exactly
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This is way too early
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So crazy early
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Exactly
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Christmas cards on sale in late August, Valentine’s cards on sale in December, and Easter gifts available in January. The marketeers getting us to wish our lives away. Jut refuse to comply! 🙂
Best wishes, Pete.
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#holidaystrong
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Great quote!
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It’s a good one
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👍
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I have the real Cadbury chocolate. Not the waxy stuff we get in the states
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I love it! My favorite is the Carmelo bar
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Nope. Not interested. Not until after Valentine’s Day.
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Right-and leave the chocolate)
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Maybe we should just pick a week and have all the holidays at once, since it seems as if we are headed in that direction.
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Splendid idea
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Uggh! It’s too soon. The bunny’s trying to beat Cupid. Maybe Cupid will shoot him!
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When worlds collide
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When I saw that picture, I thought the same. One day, they will be that early that they are switching the holidays… silly!
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Right!
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What the heck. I can live with this. It’s better than so much other crazy stuff I am asked to swallow!
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Great
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xmas is done and dusted; hot cross buns are starting to appear in bakeries; you can never be too early 🙂
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Ha!
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urgh. That really does annoy me when stores try to race ahead, and make time go even faster. I’m doing the opposite, always trying to slow it down! We’re still a month away from Valentine’s Day, for heaven’s sake. I’ll take a heart chocolate any day of the year, of course.
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Ya –
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Someday people will celebrate Easterweengivingtinesmas or something.
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Yes!
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That’s a book I’d like to read! The message should be golidays aer fun but we should celebrate us and enjoy every day! Ha I write fun readers.
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The decorations would be hilarious. Ghosts coming out of Eggs. Santa driving a cornucopia pulling by bunnies…
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Groundhog needs to get involved too
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Easterweengivinghogtinesmas 😀
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oh made myself laugh I meant holidays!
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)))
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Yes!
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Don’t let that bunny face fool you. First, it’s Groundhog Day and then Valentine’s Day, etc. World domination of the holidays.
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matter of time…
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Soon the Easter Bunny and Santa will be delivering on the same day….
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they could share a sleigh
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Hahahaha. That’s a great idea – very economic…
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right )
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Cadbury eggs are out there! No one notified me. Thanks Beth!
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oh, they are –
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I have to go shopping!
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What real difference does a date actually make? To me dates mean nothing, it’s the spirit of the celebration, the desire to communicate love and understanding and who cares when you do it as long as you do it. But I love the chocolates…
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Yes-
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Wow that is much too early. Hopefully we don’t run out of chocolate eggs before Easter.
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Ooh, right!
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I’m thinking we should have chocolate for Groundhogs Day as well! Easter seems so random.
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absolutely !
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Or Valentines Day. Weird!
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Right!
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It always shocks me how fast one event can be brushed off, by the retail sector, ready for the next! Easter eggs, I saw, in December 3 days after Christmas!
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right, they tend to want it to all blend from one into the other
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They appear to have forgotten Valentine’s, this year, lol!
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Seriously? It’s like Christmas before Halloween.
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Yes, it’s all Topsy-turvy in the world of marketing
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Sigh!
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