May I be the first to wish everyone on here a happy Easter

[EdgeleyRob]

[mercia]

suddenly I feel rather queasy .............

[Mr Pee]

I'm sure it will only be a few weeks until the first Easter Eggs appear in Tescos.......



Is there an Easter equivalent of Bah Humbug??

[subcontrabass]

I'm sure it will only be a few weeks until the first Easter Eggs appear in Tescos.......

I think you mean hours (or at most days).

[aka Calum Da Jazbo]

only if you have bought your summer holiday package first .....

[PatrickOD]

.... and with the summer hols over, it's time to start thinking about Christmas! Happy Christmas 2112.

[handsomefortune]

and where's the 'and that's when the fight started' punch line edgeleyrob?

[Anna]

This is perfectly true. I popped into Waitrose on Christmas Eve morning - in the bakery section they were unloading onto the shelves Hot Cross Buns. Really, loads of them. This is so wrong, those buns have become a year-round consumable whereas they should be special, only available at Easter!

[Don Petter]

This is perfectly true. I popped into Waitrose on Christmas Eve morning - in the bakery section they were unloading onto the shelves Hot Cross Buns. Really, loads of them. This is so wrong, those buns have become a year-round consumable whereas they should be special, only available at Easter!

Absolutely agree! The smearing of our very heritage.

[Alison]

A nice middle-of-the road date for Easter Sunday next year (8 April).

http://www.gmarts.org/index.php?go=413

[EdgeleyRob]

whereas they should be special, only available at Easter!

Same with creme eggs

[vinteuil]

This is perfectly true. I popped into Waitrose on Christmas Eve morning - in the bakery section they were unloading onto the shelves Hot Cross Buns. Really, loads of them. This is so wrong, those buns have become a year-round consumable whereas they should be special, only available at Easter!

Instinctively and aesthetically and socio-historically I agree with you.

One could, I suppose, construct a counter-argument - inasmuch as the mystery of the Last Supper, the Crucifixion, the Resurrection are reënacted by priests every day - then the Hot Cross Bun might be valid every day and not just at Easter...

But I think I agree with your original point.

Anyway - happy New Year - and it'll soon be Armenian Christmas... [6 January... ] ... and then Russian Christmas [7 January... ]

[Alison]

Ash Wednesday = 22 February 2012.

[Anna]

Instinctively and aesthetically and socio-historically I agree with you.

That, vints, is such a relief! I will no longer lose sleep over it, knowing we are, in those respects, in perfect harmony.

[scottycelt]

The subject of early hot-cross buns in Waitrose was raised last year, but a member then claimed that Tescos sell them all year round.

As Xmas trading seems to start now in late summer why don't retailers just have 24/7 all-year round Xmas goods in the shops ?

A most senior member of my family is poised to buy all next year's Xmas presents and cards this week in the Sales, and I bet she's not alone.

The same could apply to Easter, and maybe even atheists could think of something special to celebrate to boost the economy and Dave's Happy Index even further ...