What Easter Taught Me About Christmas (and Vice Versa)
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Every year around Easter, while people are dyeing eggs pastel pink and hunting for marshmallow chicks, I’m still tripping over glitter from December. That’s because I run a Christmas business. So while you're unboxing ceramic bunnies, I’m restocking reindeer.
But here’s the funny thing: Easter and Christmas have more in common than you’d think.
🐣 Both Holidays Require Bins
Let’s be honest—if it comes with tinsel, ribbon, grass, garland, or anything that involves seasonal storage, it needs its own plastic tub. Easter may be more “light and breezy,” but somehow, I still have three bins labeled “Spring Decor – DO NOT CRUSH.”
Same deal at Christmas, just with more glitter and a higher risk of nutcracker-related injury.
🕯️ Both Involve Tradition... and Chaos
Whether you’re lighting candles for Advent or trying to explain why the Easter Bunny doesn’t come to grandma’s house this year, both holidays are soaked in family tradition—and slightly confusing logistics.
Christmas: One kid wants to put the star on the tree, the other one already broke it.
Easter: One wants to dye eggs, the other wants to drink the dye.
🎁 The Gifting Pressure Lives On
You think you get a break after Christmas? Nope. Easter baskets are just mini stockings with more sugar and slightly less pressure. And yes, I’ve absolutely wrapped a chocolate bunny like it’s a stocking stuffer. Old habits die hard.
🎄 Christmas Makes You Appreciate Simpler Holidays
Honestly, after months of packing ornaments, managing Christmas inventory, and wondering if “Jacked Santa” should make a comeback, Easter feels like a deep breath.
There are no 7-foot inflatables. No 12-day shipping panic. No Mariah Carey on loop (yet). Just eggs, ham, and maybe one very competitive egg hunt. And I love it for that.
🥚 But I’ll Still Hang an Egg on a Tree, If You Let Me
Let’s be real—if you give me a pastel egg and some ribbon, I will hang it from something green and vaguely pine-scented. And honestly? It kind of works.
Maybe that’s the real lesson here: you don’t have to choose between Easter and Christmas. You can find joy in both. You can dye eggs in the morning and still dust off the off-season inventory in the afternoon.
Because when your job is Christmas… every holiday has a little tinsel on it.
Happy Easter from Tree Treasures—where it’s always Christmas in spirit (and occasionally in the hallway closet).