A
different kind of Easter…
Normally
on this day we might be with family and friends, enjoying a great dinner cooked
by my sister. She is the ultimate chef and host for special occasions.
So
this one is different.
I
did go shopping yesterday – early morning at the special time for seniors.
There must have been all of ten of us in the store, beside the staff. Almost
everything was available, except for TP of course. One day I will be surprised
and find a whole aisle full of it. Good thing we ordered a large batch in January,
before the scare hit. We won't have a special meal today - just left-overs probably as they are not going to waste these days.
Every
country and state that I have seen information about has made a travel
exemption for the Easter Bunny. That is so good to see as children must really
wonder why Mom and Dad are home all the time and they are hearing scary news.
Following
are some reports from various news outlets and websites:
An
example is this note from New
Zealand: New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared the Easter
bunny was an “essential worker”, ensuring the rabbit was free to deliver
chocolate to Kiwi children this Sunday. But she said even the Easter bunny may
have trouble finding chocolate during the pandemic.“If the Easter bunny
doesn’t make it to your household, then we have to understand that it’s a bit
difficult at the moment” Ardern said.
In
Belgium,
The Royal Belgian Association of Chocolate, Pralines, Biscuit and Confectionary
(Choprabisco) is donating 10 million Easter eggs, sweets and biscuits to help
care home residents and workers looking after vulnerable people.
In
the UK,
Cadbury has donated 13,000 Easter eggs to the University Hospitals of Derby and
Burton, in a show of appreciation for NHS workers.
One
bakery in north-central France
has taken a page out of the health safety playbook and adorned its chocolate
Easter Bunnies with white masks, made of white marzipan and gently placed over
the bunnies’ mouths and noses.
Children
across Ontario will still be able to get their holiday chocolate as Premier
Doug Ford officially deemed the Easter Bunny an essential service amid the
coronavirus outbreak. “It’s so tough for the younger kids to explain what is
going on right now … the kids have simple things they are worried about,” Ford
said at a news conference Tuesday.
Closer
to home, Alberta’s
Premier Jason Kenney shared a very nice Easter present in announcing that the
province is sending shipments of PPE to Ontario, Quebec and Ontario. In response
to an email sent to him by an 8-year-old girl in Calgary named Veronica asking
if the Easter Bunny was cleared to make his rounds this weekend throughout
Alberta, he said, “I’m pleased to assure you we have declared the Easter Bunny
as an essential service and there is no travel ban,” Kenney remarked.
Even
the World
Health Organization gave EB the all clear. According to a letter from the
desk of the Easter Bunny, the World Health Organization (WHO) has cleared the
animal to make drop-offs on Easter Sunday. “The Easter Bunny has been tested as
a precaution and is clear of the virus and any symptoms and will take all
proper precautions to ensure that it cannot be passed from house to house along
the usual drop-off route," reads the letter. So while the rest of us still
need to stay home and practice social distancing, the Easter Bunny will be
allowed to do his essential job.
Good
to know some traditions will not be ignored this year.
Happy
Easter to everyone. Our new mantra, we will get through this together, just a
little further apart.
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