Are we missing the meaning of Easter?
People believe it has become too commercial
Harald Fass Debbie McGhee William Foster Emily Brown
Easter is getting closer and closer and every shop window is filled with chocolate eggs and gifts ideas.
But has this sacred holiday become the next target for a consumerist society?
People think Easter is used as another opportunity for shops to ‘ cash in’
Harald Faas, originally from the south of Germany but now resident in Ayr said: “In Germany, I celebrated Easter holidays with my family, and the only things we bought were chocolate eggs.”
William Foster, of Ayr, said: “Easter is a religious service and it shouldn’t be seen as another opportunity to spend money and buy things. Easter eggs are seen as a symbol and I
On Facebook I see people making a list of gifts they want for Easter Emily Brown
understand the desire to buying them.
“However, I don’t understand are the people who buy gifts their children and family members.”
Debbie McGhee said: “Easter, Christmas, St. Valentine’s Day, Mother’s Day, Father’s Day... I think the whole thing over the year has become too commercialised.
“When I was younger there was not such a thing like Father’s Day.”
Ayrshire catering assistant Emily Brown said: “I started seeing people on Facebook making list of gifts they want for Easter.
“Everything is about spending money, I was in Debenhams the other day and they were selling a regular chocolate egg for £ 14, something that you could easily find in Tesco for £ 5.”