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Cake day: March 31st, 2025

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  • Born and raised in Edmonton, but no longer live there. The basket was mainly given to us by our parents, never really a thing that was seen with partners or whatever from what I’m able to gauge.

    I’m pretty sure I do remember schools doing Easter raffles though where there were Easter baskets to be won. Was typically a small fundraising thing the school did where the more tickets you bought, the higher your chances were in winning ofc.

    Honestly even if you don’t go with Dollarama stuff it’s not really a huge thing. Normally just included a chocolate bunny (or equivalent since you could get like a chocolate transformer or Dora the Explorer when I was a kid, pretty sure they do the same thing with PJ Masks and Paw Patrol these days from what I recall seeing in stores), some jellybeans, some gummy candies, and on the rare occasion, Peeps.


  • My family did this. On top of hiding eggs all over the apartment, they’d also do little wooden baskets with treats where we didn’t have to search for the treats, mind you, a lot less lavish than the video.

    Was usually Dollarama stuff for the most part save for maybe a hollow chocolate figure from some major franchise. Stuff like a milk chocolate bunny, some chocolate loonies, and some gummy candies.













  • Still don’t fully agree. The environmental impact of shipping from overseas is costly, so investing in means to create product here rather than overseas should be seen as a necessity.

    We grow tomatoes, cucumbers, cannabis, and some bell peppers in green houses here, and should invest in expanding those options available to Canadian consumers.