Easter has always been one of my absolute favorite holidays because, (obviously) CHOCOLATE!
As a child, my family celebrated Easter hiking along the westcoast, usually in torrential down pouring rain. We hiked in with tents, food for four days and enough raingear to fill the ark. Needless to say there wasn’t a lot of room (or available weight allocation) to pack in tons of Easter treats.
But, being wonderful parents, they did find room for our treats in an effort to keep the magic and tradition alive, and squeezed in enough chocolate to keep us believing.
Of course, rainwater and chocolate don’t mix well, and by the time we woke up on Easter Sunday to hunt for the gifts the chocolate was less than amazing. It was often a downright soggy oozing mess but we didn’t care. It wasn’t the haul we brought in that made it special, it was the fact that we were in a remarkable place experiencing life and having adventures.
It took me a while to really appreciate the value of the time spent on those yearly family hikes, the work my parents put in to making the experience as dry and fun as possible for me and my older sister. It was something we looked forward to every year, our friends were envious of our trip and the adventures we would have.
One of my favorite memories of our Easter tradition is of the Easter Pig. You see, one year it was raining so much our entire campsite was a mud pit. My sister and I were so upset and worried that the Easter Bunny wouldn’t make it through the rain and mud. We went to bed sobbing, not because we were possibly going to miss out on the goodies, but feeling sorry for the bunny who would be weathering the terrible conditions just for us. Reassured by our parents that the bunny has his ways we fell asleep in a steamy damp tent.
The next morning we woke to sunshine and blue skies (quite a rare site for our location!) and scattered all around our campsite were colourful foil covered eggs. Also, hanging from a tree branch was a slightly soggy note which explained to us that due to the rather terrible conditions the Easter Bunny had felt it necessary to call upon the services of his cousin, the Easter Pig, who handled all deliveries to wet and muddy locations on his behalf. He hoped we enjoyed our wonderful family time and cherished the memories our parents were creating for us.
We were so excited! The Easter Pig! Wow! We felt so special and the reminder left to us by the thoughtful Bunny made us appreciate all the effort our parents put into making our childhood magical.
As an adult I strive to bring magic into the lives of my children along with an appreciation for family and the times we have together. My parents started the tradition of using Easter for family togetherness and this is a tradition I will carry on and pass along to my children.
Whatever your family traditions, creating magic around these events is what creates memories for our children to cherish. With our family it was the Easter Pig, which still makes me smile 35 years later.
Right now Lindt, creators of one of our favourite Easter treats, is celebrating the launch of a beautifully written and illustrated storybook app entitled “The Bell that Rang in Easter”. It is FREE to download from iTunes and Google Play. The best part is, Lindt will be donating $1 for every app download to the Children’s Aid Foundation (up to $50,000). You can download your free copy of the app at goldbunnystory.com and share your Gold Bunny Easter traditions using the hashtag #GoldBunnyStory.
And to help you celebrate this Easter with Lindt, we are giving away a Lindt Basket filled with treats to one lucky reader. included in the basket,
- 50g Milk Gold Bunny (Retail price: $4.49)
- 100g Chick (Retail price: $6.99)
- 90g Happy Easter Bell Box (Retail price: $8.99)
- 138g Lindor Crystal Gift Egg (Retail price: $9.99)
- 100g Lindor Mini Egg Pack – Milk Chocolate (Retail price: $3.99
- Mini Gold Bunny 5-pack – Milk Chocolate (Retail price: $6.99)
Enter below to be entered to WIN! Please note you must be a resident of Canada, and over 18 to win.
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Easter egg hunting outside at my nans house! It was a tradition until she passed. 🙁 Thanks!
One year we got to search for eggs outside, it was gorgeous and no snow! oh fun times! We usually have a family dinner every year too
easter baskets for the kids, and turkey dinner for everyone
Well, I’m Jewish. So I don’t have a lot of family Easter memories. Which is really okay. But, You know, neighbours are fantastic, and ours often included us in their Easter egg hunts. And my parents were pretty good about seating that plain chocolate was like the Kosher for Passover, so totally covered. (Julie, maybe this is why I had those dreams about you being in charge of the secret Blissdom chocolate closet …)
Dad would have a big treasure hunt for our easter gifts , it was so much fun , he had me and my brother running all around the yard , he made it so much fun , i continued on the tradition to my kids and grand kids 🙂 thanks for the chance 🙂
We still do the same traditions that I grew up with, easter egg hunt through the house collecting eggs & clues – at the end you use the clues to find your Easter Basket. We then have Easter Brunch followed later in the day with a turkey dinner.
Easter brunch!
Easter egg hunts
I remember my first Easter egg hunt, I was 7 years old, it was so much fun
Having the whole family together. Something we have not done in a very long time
It would be great to win a Lindt Easter Prize Pack.
In response to your question of
What is your most memorable Easter tradition?
My most memorable Easter tradition is having an easter egg hunt.
Thank you for having this giveaway.
I have great memories of morning easter egg hunts and I love watching my kids now!
Going to church and coming home to have warm hot cross buns.
I love going to the Easter Parade every year. It’s a tradition and the most memorable one was the first one I ever attended with my 2 year old son.
My best Easter memories growing up was getting a new dress and hat to wear to church on Easter Sunday.
I think the most memorable Easter was when I was about 8 and we had a big Easter egg hunt with my cousins. It was so fun for all of us.
We would pick real grass the night before to put in our baskets and i remember the outdoor hunts which were so exciting!
My most memorable Easter tradition is when I was a child and my Easter basket filled with goodies was hidden usually in our living room. I had great fun searching for my basket!
Trying to find all the chocolates that the Easter bunny would have hidden 🙂
My mom always made us an easter bunny cake. I looked forward to it every year.
Going to church on Easter morning with our new Easter dresses on!
EATING ALL THE CHOCOLATES
My most memorable Easter tradition is when I was growing up , we always went to Grandma’s for Easter dinner. She always had lots of goodies around the Easter Bunny had brought, and always a delicious meal with family.
The Easter egg hunt in the morning and My Grams Ham & Scalloped potatoes as part of Easter dinner. My Grams always made a Pineapple Cream Angels food cake. It is not Easter without those flavours.
My mom would always buy me my special bunny for Easter. I remember loving the red ribbon and bell
Having my grandparents coming over and bringing me goodies and then playing games with my cousins
We love hosting Easter Egg Scavenger Hunts. They’re so much fun!
When I was a child my Uncle had a Easter egg hunt on his land it took about 2 hours to complete but at the end of the hunt was the Easter bunny with a basket for all of the kits . It was amazing !!
love doing the community egg hunt we have
As a kid, I loved looking for easter eggs outside
We will be having an Easter egg hunt followed by church then an Easter meal.
Definitely looking for Easter eggs as a kid, and then hiding them for my own 2 are highlights!
We follow traditional Ukrainian Easter traditions – and once our son was old enough, we always included Lindt!
My Easter memories are spending Easter at my grandparents, it was so much fun!
We don’t celebrate easter.
Celebrating famiky reunion over a lot of good food like ham and so many side dish
Every year we have an easter egg hunt for the kids, but as they have gotten older, we have made it into more of a scavenger hunt, they love it and we love watching them find all the clues
Having a family gathering for dinner is my most memorable moment for Easter.
Making Easter baskets 🙂
We have a family dinner and hide eggs for the kids
The Laura Secord Easter eggs my Grampa always bought us each year. Easter makes me remember him 🙂
I remember we used to have Easter egg hunts every easter morning. My mom used to hide easter eggs all over the house. She even made bunny prints in flour on the floor.
I’m 52. Back in the day mom colored boiled eggs, hid them and we looked for them, while carrying around a basket with that weird nest stuff in it. NO choc, just eggs…NO GIFTS..just hard boiled eggs …we didn’t even eat them LOL, we just went around looking for them, seriously thinking that a bunny rabbit had deposited these things around our house … I did the same thing with my kids but had the big choc eggs that you could get personalized (I guess they don’t do that anymore eh? )
Searching for Easter eggs will always be a fond memory for me.
Having a huge turkey dinner with the whole family.
easter egg hunts with my brother when I was a kid
I love hiding the eggs and making up the scavenger hunt for DD. I like that it gets harder and harder each year to ‘solve’ but that is part of the fun 🙂
The Easter Bunny hides candy and treats all over the house and the kids have a great time trying to find it all.
Easter egg hunts with my family!
hunting for Easter eggs and attending service
Dying eggs and drawing on them
COloring easter eggs is one of my favorite memories growing up
When we were young we always go new sneakers at Easter
I loved hunting for Easter eggs with the grandchildren
Hunting for easter eggs
Coloring eggs with my siblings. We always had so much fun. 🙂