Saturday, January 10, 2004 |
And so it is Easter
It is human nature to procrastinate. When you procrastinate over buying your Christmas presents it causes a lot of problems.
After suffering the ordeal of elbowing their way through Christmas Eve crowds, desperately trying to fulfil their gift obligations in the last remaining shopping hours before Santa comes, a lot of people start to think;
"Maybe I should get a head start on my Easter shopping so I don't have to go through that nightmare again in a few months."
So off they go, fulfilling their Easter egg obligations to friends and family with the terror of Christmas shopping still fresh in their minds.
It is true that getting all your egg shopping done in January gives you an overall sense of well being and the thought that maybe this year will be different.
"I'm going to stop putting things off and just get in and get things done." you think. Then you pack your 20kgs of aluminium foil covered chocolate in the cupboard, dust your hands off and think; "All done".
And so it sits there, kilos of chocolate right there in your cupboard. As January passes into February and you finally stop being full from your ridiculously large Christmas dinner, the eggs begin to radiate their chocolaty goodness through out your bedroom or where ever else you have them shacked up.
You now find that you can't walk into that room without inhaling the intoxicating aroma of "Easter Egg chocolate". Still you resist the temptation to eat "just one".
The onset of March brings with it shorter days, cooler nights and an increase in the power of the eggs. The sweet scent of chocolate that wafts through out the house is now a force of immense power. It works itself into your waking thoughts, whispering to you while you sit on the lounge watching TV after dinner;
"Go ahead. Eat just one. It's only the beginning of March, plenty of time to buy another one to replace it"
And so it is that all but those of uncanny strength give in to silent murmurs of the eggs that lay hidden in the cupboard. The problem of course is that once the first cracks appear in the dam wall, once the first egg is unwrapped and eaten that late night watching TV, the consumption of more foil encased goodies will surely follow night after night until one day you look up at the calendar and realise that it will be Easter in a few days and you have eaten all the eggs you bought in January.
So it comes to pass that the end of March/start of April (whenever Easter happens to fall that year) sees you running around the shops elbowing your way through the crowds, desperately trying to find chocolate for everyone who will be doing the very same for you.
It also sees the supermarkets start to think that maybe they should have their Easter Eggs out all year round.
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And so it is Easter
And what have you done With Christmas just over Eggs out on January 1 As has been the tradition for the last couple of years, the large supermarket chains have been trundling out the Easter eggs and other related goodies the day after they take down their Christmas decorations. The reason behind this is people getting an early start on their Easter shopping. |
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It is human nature to procrastinate. When you procrastinate over buying your Christmas presents it causes a lot of problems.
After suffering the ordeal of elbowing their way through Christmas Eve crowds, desperately trying to fulfil their gift obligations in the last remaining shopping hours before Santa comes, a lot of people start to think;
"Maybe I should get a head start on my Easter shopping so I don't have to go through that nightmare again in a few months."
So off they go, fulfilling their Easter egg obligations to friends and family with the terror of Christmas shopping still fresh in their minds.
It is true that getting all your egg shopping done in January gives you an overall sense of well being and the thought that maybe this year will be different.
"I'm going to stop putting things off and just get in and get things done." you think. Then you pack your 20kgs of aluminium foil covered chocolate in the cupboard, dust your hands off and think; "All done".
And so it sits there, kilos of chocolate right there in your cupboard. As January passes into February and you finally stop being full from your ridiculously large Christmas dinner, the eggs begin to radiate their chocolaty goodness through out your bedroom or where ever else you have them shacked up.
You now find that you can't walk into that room without inhaling the intoxicating aroma of "Easter Egg chocolate". Still you resist the temptation to eat "just one".
The onset of March brings with it shorter days, cooler nights and an increase in the power of the eggs. The sweet scent of chocolate that wafts through out the house is now a force of immense power. It works itself into your waking thoughts, whispering to you while you sit on the lounge watching TV after dinner;
"Go ahead. Eat just one. It's only the beginning of March, plenty of time to buy another one to replace it"
And so it is that all but those of uncanny strength give in to silent murmurs of the eggs that lay hidden in the cupboard. The problem of course is that once the first cracks appear in the dam wall, once the first egg is unwrapped and eaten that late night watching TV, the consumption of more foil encased goodies will surely follow night after night until one day you look up at the calendar and realise that it will be Easter in a few days and you have eaten all the eggs you bought in January.
So it comes to pass that the end of March/start of April (whenever Easter happens to fall that year) sees you running around the shops elbowing your way through the crowds, desperately trying to find chocolate for everyone who will be doing the very same for you.
It also sees the supermarkets start to think that maybe they should have their Easter Eggs out all year round.
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