I was thinking about what it meant today too. For my mother it just meant an opportunity to play cards. Which they did every weekend anyway so wtf. It was never a special time really Parent and child-wise. My godmothers would bring me easter baskets. As an adult my mother REALLY discouraged me from continuing those relationships - i didnt realize until it was too late that really the only reason she discouraged me was because she felt i was too fat. I dont break chairs or anything, im just your average fat computer programmer geek. But oh well.