Early Easter candy

Easter isn't until the 20th of April this year, but Easter-themed candy started appearing as soon as Valentine's Day ended, if not a day or two prior. My brother has already taken advantage of this and bought, to share with me and our parents, four large chocolate eggs at a fairly low price. Now the rest of us need to catch up with his generosity.

Speaking of early Easter sales, in the United States, I became accustomed to how early stores would stock for upcoming major calendar occasions, such as Halloween or Christmas; as a result, it wasn't a surprise to me when I observed that same behaviour here. My parents, while also unsurprised, were nevertheless bothered by how the United Kingdom had adopted similar holiday marketing patterns to the US in the fourteen years we'd been away. I've known many Americans who felt that holidays and other special events were overly commercialised; I'm sure Britons will start to feel the same way, assuming they haven't already.

On another note, some might say that, given how I'm in my twenties, I'm too old for Easter candy. I see no reason why that should be the case: at the end of the day, Easter chocolates are just chocolates and they're something that some people like to give to me - they're not something that I expect. Finally, I've bought Easter chocolates for other people before and I intend to do the same this year.