They're dropping the name Easter from their eggs!

The flying mouse

I am shellshocked,

The secularisation of Irish society has nothing to do with the word Easter being quietly banished from Easter egg boxes this year, a leading chocolate manufacturer claims.

Unlike the word 'Christmas' which has been replaced by the ubiquitous reference to “the holidays” when referring to the birth of Christ in North America in order not to offend non-Christians, not prominently displaying the word 'Easter' on the packaging of Easter eggs this year was done because the egg is exactly what is says on the tin, a spokesperson for Cadbury claimed last night.

Yet mysteriously, Cadbury’s Easter Egg Trail Pack has unquestionably been replaced this year by Cadbury Egg Hunt Pack while its Crème Egg, shaped like an Easter egg and marketed for years as only being available until Easter, has no reference to the annual Christian holiday other than as a deadline to purchase the product.


So is our Easter eggs now under threat in order to sell more eggs to a wider market not just at a Christian festival because that will be seen as attaching to one faith tradition ?

This is cracking me up

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/cadbury-denies-religion-has-to-do-with-dropping-easter-from-easter-eggs-34568842.html

Fr_Dougal

How their they.

m1ck007

The flying mouse wrote: »

I am shellshocked,

The secularisation of Irish society has nothing to do with the word Easter being quietly banished from Easter egg boxes this year, a leading chocolate manufacturer claims.

Unlike the word 'Christmas' which has been replaced by the ubiquitous reference to “the holidays” when referring to the birth of Christ in North America in order not to offend non-Christians, not prominently displaying the word 'Easter' on the packaging of Easter eggs this year was done because the egg is exactly what is says on the tin, a spokesperson for Cadbury claimed last night.

Yet mysteriously, Cadbury’s Easter Egg Trail Pack has unquestionably been replaced this year by Cadbury Egg Hunt Pack while its Crème Egg, shaped like an Easter egg and marketed for years as only being available until Easter, has no reference to the annual Christian holiday other than as a deadline to purchase the product.


So is our Easter eggs now under threat in order to sell more eggs to a wider market not just at a Christian festival because that will be seen as attaching to one faith tradition ?

This is cracking me up

They will allways be called easter eggs as they are associated with easter.

LDN_Irish

The viral FB post was sooooooo funny.

"If u don't like a CHRISCHAN Easter don't fackin cum den m8 innit. U fackn wot m9"

G'way you pagan festival hijacking bastards. Jesus didn't die and resurrect for you to stuff your face with Cadbury's eggs anyway.

armaghlad

What on earth is the big deal?

People (Christians) used to cry their eyes out at Easter being commercialised and now that Cadbury are dropping the word "Easter" from their products they're getting their knickers in a twist. Make your minds up!

ectoraige

How are we supposed to celebrate Chocolate Zombie Day then?

Bio Mech

armaghlad wrote: »

What on earth is the big deal?

People (Christians) used to cry their eyes out at Easter being commercialised and now that Cadbury are dropping the word "Easter" from their products they're getting their knickers in a twist. Make your minds up!

I am pretty sure they didn't cry their eyes out really.

OU812

Everything about the title of this thread makes me itchy.

Nekarsulm

I wonder is there any crossover between the people outraged at the missing word "Easter" from cardboard boxes, and the people outraged over their inability to buy drink today?

razorblunt

Jesus only pretend died so he'd get more eggs out of sympathy.

Mini Eggs were the 1st eggs but were done away with as they kept falling through the holes in his hands.

kneemos

Don't want to alienate their customers,makes sense.
What's Cadburys poxy excuse for chocolate got to do with Easter anyway?

GLaDOS

Sure, didn't the Lord himself pause for a nice chocolate egg before giving himself up for the world?

NiallBoo

I don't like being so pig-headed as to criticise bad grammar...but Christ that was tough to read.

Duggy747

Christ was some yolk, alright.


*slaps knee*

kneemos

ScienceNerd wrote: »

Sure, didn't the Lord himself pause for a nice chocolate egg before giving himself up for the world?

Diddy?

armaghlad

Bio Mech wrote: »

I am pretty sure they didn't cry their eyes out really.

And I'm pretty sure that was a figure of speech... :l

maudgonner

Why not buy these easter eggs instead, OP:

http://www.realeasteregg.co.uk/our-eggs/

They allow you to celebrate the 'real meaning of Easter'. You know, chocolate.

It's what Jesus would have wanted.

bnt

Hate to burst y'all's bubble, but ... it's a load of bunny poop.

dav3

It's PC gone mad I tells ya! *foams at the mouth*

Why leave this paragraph out OP?

But just in case people aren’t sure what they’re actually biting into, the word Easter is still there in small print on the back of the packaging to reassure people that they are actually eating a chocolate Easter egg.

It's just the usual clickbait article, which attracts the usual people, outraged over the slightest of things.

I do wonder if they hold a meeting every day...

''Is there any way we can blame this on Muslims, Travellers, Immigrants, Islam, People on welfare, The left, Trade Unions, or anybody that doesn't look or think like us?"

"No"

"**** it, let's try anyway"

rubadub

dav3 wrote: »

Why leave this paragraph out OP?"

To get people to believe his bullshit story. Knowing many do not even bother reading the links.

Unlike the word 'Christmas' which has been replaced by the ubiquitous reference to “the holidays” when referring to the birth of Christ in North America in order not to offend non-Christians,

I always heard this was because of Hanukkah being around the same time. Seems there are a few others too https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_and_holiday_season

I imagine they still call them "Christmas trees" and not "holiday trees" in the US.

Cienciano

The word Christmas is gone from North America?
http://media.mnn.com/assets/images/2014/05/dont_believe.jpg

Nodin

I'd say they plan selling some year round.

FallSilently

Dunnes Stores are selling these little spiral cone things with eggs hanging off them. Basically a Christmas tree with Easter decorations. Calling it a holiday ornament just eases my overloaded mind, frankly.

osarusan

The Indo with its finger on the pulse as usual.

Nodin

FallSilently wrote: »

Dunnes Stores are selling these little spiral cone things with eggs hanging off them. Basically a Christmas tree with Easter decorations. Calling it a holiday ornament just eases my overloaded mind, frankly.

Does that mean the war on Christmas is won, lost or drawn?

Custardpi

I doubt the average non-Christian (whether practicants of another faith or simply non-religious) gives a ****e what Cadbury call their eggs. I'd personally be more worried about the crimes against humanity which in the Kraft era their products have become.

endacl

Justice for chocolate chickens!

:mad:

FallSilently

Nodin wrote: »

Does that mean the war on Christmas is won, lost or drawn?

Please just let me eat my easter bat marshmallow twirls in peace.

Special Circumstances

Oooh munch on my chocolate oblong balls.

Annasopra

endacl wrote: »

Justice for chocolate chickens!

:mad:

Bunnies lay Easter eggs

DublinWriter

That's well ishtar.

bpmurray

http://newsthump.com/2016/03/25/christians-to-celebrate-resurrection-with-deadly-sin-of-gluttony/

Cee-Jay-Cee

The world has gone to fcuk. Everyone is afraid of offending everyone else, traditions are being lost because some minority group might not agree with it.

I firmly believe that non Christians probably couldn't give a fcuk about Easter eggs or what they're called but idiot liberal assholes sit around dreaming up scenarios where someone might be offended by something and then put measures in place or force others to put measures in place but to offend others (who haven't been offended in the first place!!)

darkpagandeath

Baby Jesus loved his chocolate. Was mad for it. Was the early years of his life in the Americas ?

The Randy Riverbeast

Does anyone really care? A business can call them "Satan's Chocolatey Sacks of Goodness" for all I care.

It went from pagan, Christian, secular. Festivals change to suit the population celebrating it. Companies exist to sell products, not make self conscious religious people feel better about themselves. You are free to call them Easter eggs if you wish.

Its starbucks cups 2.0: Coperate Boogaloo.

The Randy Riverbeast

Just came back from Dunnes. Cadbury had a big display saying "Happy Easter" and each egg had easter on it. Where's my "alluha ackbar infidels" and "Bring back soviet russia, Regards, Atheists" I was promised?

bodhrandude

Yassan Tassle.

Annasopra

So basically this story is complete bullshįt

Nodin

Joeytheparrot wrote: »

So basically this story is complete bullshįt

But we will hear about it for the rest of our lives.

Annasopra

Nodin wrote: »

But we will hear about it for the rest of our lives.

Dey're taking our wimmins and jobs and now our eggs.

Lavinia

TBH I never understood the association of "egg-shaped" chocolates with Easter (it somehow had too "commercialized" or "substitute" flavour to it..) but I guess it's just me :pac:

The Rape of Lucretia

Why are people bitching about words when we are on a nice roll this year of following up a long weekend for Ireland Day, with Spring Festival and its tradition of chocolate eggs the next ?

Lavinia

The Rape of Lucretia wrote: »

Why are people bitching about words when we are on a nice roll this year of following up a long weekend for Ireland Day, with Spring Festival and its tradition of chocolate eggs the next ?

I'd agree, plus with word or without the word won't stop me from eating it

The Raptor

Does this mean we can get chocolate eggs all year?

hatrickpatrick

We all know this is Kyle's mom's fault:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pHTBeOEE4

The Randy Riverbeast

hatrickpatrick wrote: »

We all know this is Kyle's mom's fault:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a7pHTBeOEE4

Those Jews werent content with just killing jesus, they had to take away his chocolate eggs too.

MacauDragon

steak and blowjob day is to be replaced with 'chosen food and blow' day.

to accommodate both vegetarians and the unemployed.