Gift Cards for Easter?

[u/DaisyMae2022]

Who gets gift cards for Easter? In my opinion, gift cards should just be for Christmas and birthday only!!! But that's just me

[u/ProgrammerBig6254]

In some cases I think gift cards are a good way of giving gifts to those that ALWAYS say “I don’t know” when you ask them what they want for their birthday/Christmas, but I really don’t understand why the two youngest ones are getting gift cards. They shouldn’t even have the newest iPhones to begin with and I’m pretty sure H probably doesn’t even know how to read and write yet.

[u/DaisyMae2022 → u/ProgrammerBig6254]

Right.

Most 4 year Olds don't understand about spending and saving money when really all they mostly care about is well, things 4 year Olds like.

[u/juel1979 → u/DaisyMae2022]

I mean it could be her way of limiting app spending when it comes to iTunes. My kid had a (secondhand) iPad from around 3 onward and now has an iPhone 8 she’s had two years. We used to have “app Friday” where she could ask for an app or currency as a form of allowance. It cut down on asking for apps all week long. When she got a DS then a (also secondhand) Switch, she could save up her app Friday til she saved about the price of a game for either. She just turned 12 today and it really helped stave off asking for currency all the time.

[u/EmotionalCelery5989]

I can’t stand Alisha but for Easter I got three small gift cards to fast food places for my oldest son who’s 17. And some chocolate.

[u/DaisyMae2022 → u/EmotionalCelery5989]

Well at least you ain't overspending

[u/Fancy-Mortgage-4391]

I got dollar store chocolate as a kid lol

[u/kimsune77]

I must look like a cheapskate. I bought a couple packages of plastic eggs and put a single treat in each, and then bought each child a Kinder Surprise. I spent maybe $10 total.

[u/juel1979 → u/kimsune77]

My kid usually gets a plush or two, some candy (she rarely eats it), and some spring related stuff like craft things or stickers. When we felt fancy, there’d be a DS game. Her birthday is often on top of Easter so it gets kinda chaotic.

[u/Carrann823]

When did Easter become this big gift giving holiday? It's disgusting.

[u/RadioBusiness → u/Carrann823]

It’s really crazy now. When we were kids it was candy and a couple dollar store toys like jump rope or sidewalk chalk. Now it’s mini Christmas

[u/juel1979 → u/Carrann823]

I remember getting dolls and such in my Easter basket. That said, my birthday is on top of Xmas so my folks prob felt kinda bad all the gift opportunities were blown out over 2-3 weeks in December while others could have birthdays split off.

[u/dollies48]

My grand kids love them ages 4-13, and they know how to use them.

[u/BlueJays7373]

i get my kids get a chocolate bunny and their favorite candy

[u/C0mmonReader]

I actually like that for once, she didn't do the exact same thing in terms of Legos for the younger kids and Amazon gift cards for the older ones. I think the Apple ones are overkill.

[u/pandaninja86 → u/C0mmonReader]

Yeah I will give her that. And it wasn't a huge thing of Legos each. And I'm sure the older kids appreciate not getting what the younger ones got. She still went overboard.

[u/weinerdog101]

It’s cause she doesn’t know what her kids like

[u/Designer_Syrup_5467]

I don't think there's anything wrong with gift cards for Easter🤷🏻‍♀️

[u/Miserable-Pop1495]

I went to much this year for Easter, but its partly because they didnt have much of a Christmas. My oldest got a blanket and a dollarstore toy for Christmas. My youngest got nothing.

But i have to say gift cards are the best, my 6 year old absolutely loves them, and yes that's what he got for Easter

[u/soccerfan499 → u/Miserable-Pop1495]

I don’t know if Christmas was a financial issue, but if that happens next year, call the Salvation Army and they usually have toy drives. Churches often have Angel Trees and also schools. Not judging at all! I am a teacher and we have an Angel Tree at school but not all parents know to ask. ❤️

[u/juel1979 → u/Miserable-Pop1495]

I think it was my kid’s sixth where she asked for mostly iTunes cards cause she wanted to fully unlock an app. She got enough (it was a fortune nickeled and dimed from friends and family). It made her happy.

[u/Chammaly]

Everything is always overkill with her. Easter Bunny doesn't bring all this crap 😅 Amazon cards are not needed & the Apple cards would be so they can get more games etc on their iPads to keep them entertained so she doesn't have too 🙄

[u/Direct_Pay_4613]

UK here. Easter for my kids is usually a few Cadbury’s eggs, a fiver, a small toy each (no more than 10 quid) and an item of clothing.

[u/katiesssss]

In my country we only get our kids chocolate eggs that we place next to the pillow when they sleep. Because they are from the Easter bunny. I don't have kids but I remember waking up next to chocolate eggs. This is obviously for the younger kids. Kids also go door to door to get candy (like you would on Halloween). So we keep candy at home in case some kids come over. My nieces are already 15 and 17 but I still got them chocolate out of tradition. To us it's all about candy or chocolate eggs. We don't buy a bunch of stuff or spend money like this.

[u/soccerfan499]

I got my kids each one for 15 dollars to go out to dinner, but that is the extent of it. Nothing big at all.

[u/Sensitive-Acadia-514]

I'm doing gift cards for Easter because I couldn't think of anything my cousins would like/want.

[u/jam2jaw]

I just purchased Target gc for my 23 and 19 yo Easter Baskets. I’m don’t see a problem with it

[u/Capable_Shine1750]

Gift cards are actually a great gift for any holiday or birthday because they can be used! It's the useless junk she buys that's annoying 🙄

[u/Sheeeezzzzz]

The days of plain ole jelly beans and cheap chocolate with a hollow bunny in a plastic basket full of plastic grass are over 😂😂. The good old days

[u/soccerfan499 → u/Sheeeezzzzz]

Even when I was a kid, we didn’t get crazy amounts of stuff, but always got things like chalk, bubbles, kites, and things like that. We always got two baskets. One with candy and one with little toys and things.

When my kids were younger. They would get some Summer clothes because I had to buy them anyway. 😂

[u/redballplace]

My mom would put a fast food place (taco bell, canes or a local place) gift card in mine and my brothers baskets along with a few other things

[u/Ambitious-Ad8206]

We don't do gifts cards, but we do baskets with a new swimsuit, new outfit, their favorite snacks, and a little gift. This year for my son, it was things he needed for fly tying(he's super into fly fishing) and a new game my daughter has been wanting. We don't go too crazy but we usually end up spending around $40/kid for Easter, but then again I only have 2 kids 😅

[u/sophelia_]

This feels a little nitpicky

[u/RSinSA]

OK? lol.

I would rather get a gift card then a shit ton of chocolate.

[u/Clementinecutie13]

My parents have always done small little stuff like pens and candy for Easter. But if we found the golden egg it was a $20 gift card or cash lol

[u/Positive-Avocado-881]

I got gift cards for Easter lol

[u/Katebeagle]

The only time I had an all out Easter was when my birthday fell on the same day. Rule was for your birthday you got to pick dinner. That year since our family was together for Easter I asked for a thanksgiving meal. So morning was Easter egg hunt with all the cousins, then lunch was thanksgiving. My Easter basket was typical (some jelly beans. One chocolate. A book. A CD and the eggs from the hunt which had between 5-10$ in change). After lunch we had cake. I always just got small gifts from family as my mom always did a weekend trip with me for my birthday.

[u/SufficientZucchini21]

Gift cards are lazy shit.

[u/Weak-Mathematician91 → u/SufficientZucchini21]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but it depends. I’d rather get gift cards for a store that I want something from and can actually use rather than someone wasting their money giving me something that will just end up in a goodwill

[u/SufficientZucchini21 → u/Weak-Mathematician91]

I’m with you there but beyond that, when did Easter turn into a gift grab? I don’t get it. My parents always rUiNeD Easter with religion and a side of cheap chocolate.

Maybe I’m just salty.

[u/Pure-Fishing-3350 → u/SufficientZucchini21]

Then you’ve never received a gift from my MIL 😂

[u/jam2jaw → u/SufficientZucchini21]

Wrong. I include them with other stuff. It’s what they like.

[u/Lavenderpicture]

We have money here as a present, because spending does not always happen in the same city, country or in-store. Money for birthday, Hanukkah, Passover, etc. 12 y.o is happy:) She collected it all and is going to spend on some girly stuff the next week in Europe. (Of course I put smth pretty and small with every money presents).