Saturday 30 December 2023

Easter Already?

People are always moaning about Christmas starting too early and i generally reply by calling them a grumpy old bugger and tell the to shove a mince pie in their gob but i was in my local supermarket today and where a few days ago was the Christmas display with selection boxes and wrapping paper, now stands a display of Easter Eggs.
Easter is not until 31st March this year which is still 92 days away, we have Valentines Day before then so it would make sense to shove Cupids and heart shaped things at us before we get to the chocolate eggs but the Supermarkets have decided that flogging us Easter in December is more of a money spinner for them.
With Christmas you get so much more with cards, wrapping paper, presents and clothes but with Easter it is Chocolate eggs although i have seen the cards shops try to introduce Easter cards but they never seem to have caught on, or at least i have never received one.
As my birthday is the day after Easter this year i am sure that in my Birthday Present pile i will find a few Easter Eggs (no Crunchie please, it is the worst of all sweets) which i won't complain about but that's not the point.
I am therefore taking the opportunity to say Easter starts way too early!!