10 shortcuts to help you host Easter with ease

10 Shortcuts to Help You Host Easter With Ease

I’m a huge fan of a party and very big on Christmas, but I don’t really ‘do Easter’. It’s a bit like Halloween to me – something that just keeps getting bigger and bigger every year for no apparent reason whatsoever.

When I was a kid Easter meant suffering through the longest mass ever on Good Friday (presumably as a token towards the events of thousands of years ago), followed by a random Saturday, followed by more church-going and the promise of a chocolate egg of two from the Easter Bunny. But only if we were really good at church. Much like Santa, the Easter Bunny was all-knowing and hugely prejudice against spirited children.

Related: 20 Fresh Ways to Decorate Easter Eggs

This year I’m hosting 30 people at our place for an Easter lunch. Exactly how this came about is anyone’s guess, but with the Italian relos booked in for a midday start, there is simply no backing out now. Cue mass-panic and hack-searching by me. This Easter thing is a whole new world, so I’m going for maximum impact with minimal bother. Here are ten things that are going to help me host Easter this year.

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