Easter By The Numbers

A cou­ple of things jump out from this Infographic.

Despite it’s obvi­ous reli­gious con­nec­tions, it has become a sec­u­lar holiday.

Easter candy is reces­sion proof.

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Easter Candy [info­graphic] | Daily Info­graphic
Not only is Easter a Catholic hol­i­day, it is also another oppor­tu­nity for cor­po­rate Amer­ica to cash in the sacred day. Valen­tines was not even over before Easter candy and pas­tel col­ored bun­nies and c…

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3 thoughts on “Easter By The Numbers

  1. April 7, 2012 at 10:48

    Easter candy also appar­ently has the shelf life of a Twinkie. And I’m not talk­ing about the month Host­ess claims.

  2. April 7, 2012 at 11:15

    Most hol­i­day candy is made a year or so before the hol­i­day, so it can be mar­keted, made and sold to vendors.

    My mom used to get free sam­ple Easter candy in Sep­tem­ber for the fol­low­ing year.

  3. April 7, 2012 at 15:16

    Mon­day, I am going to buy ALL THE JELLY BEANS. Easter is tricky because I need to stock up on enough candy to get me through until Hal­loween. I mean, yeah, there’s candy the rest of the year, but it’s nowhere near as cheap.

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