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We do emphasize the REASON for Easter, the rest is just for fun. But if you want to do it, think about little things like markers, driveway chalk, etc.

We played the Santa Claus game with our oldest, and probably will continue with the young one. But we made sure he knew the real story of St. Nicholas. We celebrate St. Nicholas Day in early December and everyone gets a St. Nick cookie in their shoe (you leave one by the door).

But we never pretended about the Easter Bunny. Pretty early on Corin, Jr. figured out who put the baskets together. So the next year, he gave us his "order" for what he wanted...

My parents did Santa Claus for awhile, but when we started celebrating St. Nicholas day (I was maybe five or six, I think), it got confusing to have both Santa and St. Nick. I don't think that was the whole reason they changed the story, but maybe part of it.

But my parents would tell us that the Christ Child brought the gifts, which is cool because it's TRUE, if you really think about it! We would leave carrots out for the donkey, and in the morning run out to see if we could find any hoof prints in the snow.