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Post by librarylady on Apr 20, 2025 13:05:20 GMT
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karenlou
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Post by karenlou on Apr 20, 2025 13:13:26 GMT
My SIL used to send the eggs to us after she married my brother and they had their son......FYI those eggs hurt when they hit your head!!!!! Fun Times!!!
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Post by scrappinmama on Apr 20, 2025 16:04:30 GMT
My husband and I were just telling our sons about this tradition. Both of us grew up with those eggs on Easter Sunday. They made quite a mess.  While we both make a point to share our cultural traditions with our sons, this was just one of those things that we never did with them. It's just one of those things that are more fun when you are in a group. It's just us four here and the rest of our families live in Los Angeles. Like Karenlou pointed out, they kind of hurt, especially when it's an older cousin or sibling breaking one on you lol. |
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Post by littlemama on Apr 20, 2025 16:10:24 GMT
I stayed with my cousin in Texas for a week when I was 15 and they were in the process of saving up eggs for this. They filled most with confetti and a few with flour.
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Post by garcia5050 on Apr 20, 2025 17:05:39 GMT
I stayed with my cousin in Texas for a week when I was 15 and they were in the process of saving up eggs for this. They filled most with confetti and a few with flour. My family did all confetti, except for two with flour. Then it became a game of tag. I don’t have a lot of fun childhood memories, but this is one. My in laws make eggs and fill them with money and it just feels wrong to me. |
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Post by epeanymous on Apr 20, 2025 17:29:37 GMT
Where I grew up I knew families who did them. First time someone smashed one on my head was veeeeery startling!
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Post by mbanda on Apr 22, 2025 22:41:58 GMT
Our family does them! DH is Hispanic (and I'm not) so it was something I learned from his family. His mother makes dozens and dozens of them and even sells them. It's a fun tradition! My DH is bald so getting cracked on the head isn't as fun as it used to be...sometimes he ends up with cuts.
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Post by Anita on Apr 23, 2025 14:08:12 GMT
We were stationed in Texas for three years, and they were very popular there. Haven't seen them anywhere else.
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While we both make a point to share our cultural traditions with our sons, this was just one of those things that we never did with them. It's just one of those things that are more fun when you are in a group. It's just us four here and the rest of our families live in Los Angeles. Like Karenlou pointed out, they kind of hurt, especially when it's an older cousin or sibling breaking one on you lol. 
