I was raised Catholic, went to a Catholic school and everything. My parents believe in god and such but they never actively practiced it. They rarely went to church or did much of anything besides I assume praying. Of course since I was in a Catholic school we were taken to church very often and learned all the rituals and such.

However, what always bugged me was come Easter my parents felt this need to go to church. It felt hypocritical. They rarely, if ever, went to one so what was the point of going one day out of the year? What made the day so special you would wake up and drag me to church, to wear a dress I didn't like and act all faithful but every other Sunday was sleep in day.

We stopped doing it as I got older, at times my dad would mention he'd want to go on Easter but didn't. Even when I was religious I wasn't a fan of church so there was no love loss when we stopped going. Just don't get why people use holidays as an excuse to act special...if you love god then love him everyday.