Easter celebrations starting from Good Friday to Easter Monday are one of the holidays that Christians look forward to for gathering, merriment, and fun, and can be enjoyed on a low budget.
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, the Lord and Saviour of Christians worldwide is significant to the faith, and this underscores the magnanimity of Easter celebrations.
Meanwhile, the Easter period like other national celebrations makes people go to church in beautiful attires, eat sumptuous meals, network with friends, visit cinemas, and picnics to have fun.
While celebrating holidays amid the nation’s economic hardship can be disturbing, there are a few ways to have a low-budget Easter celebration.
- Attend church services with best old clothes and shoes:
Attending church services during the Easter period is something all Christians look forward to. The feeling of putting on new and beautiful clothes and shoes thrust worshippers into an ecstatic mood.
But, with the state of the economy, a lot of people might find it difficult to get new clothes. While this is the reality, a low-budget Easter can be achieved by wearing your best old clothes and shoes.
All you need to do is look at your wardrobes and select the best attires. Wash and iron them, and if possible, apply some starch to give them new looks. You can take them to tailors for adjustment if needs be.
Do the same for your shoes. Take them to cobblers to make them look new and be ready to have memorable Easter services in church with brethren.
- Partticipate in church activites:
You can celebrate Easter on a low budget by participating in your church activities. Do not forget that the Bible says you should not forsake the gathering of the saints.
The Easter period is one of the times churches organise a lot of exciting services for Christians in their various neighbourhoods, so you have the opportunity to attend and enjoy your celebration.
While you and your family may think of what to eat, drink, or wear during the celebrations from Friday to Monday, some churches have packages for the participants of Easter services including light meals, takeaway food materials, free health services, and even sharing of wears.
The significant thing about this is that you can attend with your family wearing casual clothes, and come back home happier than you left. In addition, this enables you to participate in the work of Christ and have spiritual blessings.
- See films on your TV and gadget:
Easter holidays give opportunities to families and friends to have fun at the cinemas. This period makes movie makers churn out some interesting films for people to enjoy, and of course, these come with exorbitant amounts of money.
Also, there are Easter and non-Easter Christian films on Netflix, Showmax, Amazon Prime Video, and other streaming platforms that you can use to enjoy a low-budget Easter celebration, which only demands a considerable internet network. When you see these movies at home, it will save you and your family some money that would have been used at the cinemas.
- Organise small gatherings for friends and neighbours:
In place of going to picnics, Christians can use this Easter period to visit families, friends, and neighbours and organise low-budget gatherings.
These platforms are used for Christian folks to bond with their loved ones and share Bible teachings bordering on the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
While it serves the purpose of cutting the cost of celebrating, it also gives room for people to meet themselves, and share the love of Christ, which goes a long way in building relationships at this critical time of the nation.
- Have rich, affordable meals and drinks:
The Easter celebrations can be enjoyed with quality but affordable meals and drinks. There are ways to have good and rich foods and drinks on a low budget for the family. Instead of going for expensive food and drink ingredients, you can resort to alternatives that can be sought at affordable prices.
Blending fruits to make juice is not a bad idea to replace packaged drinks that have Bromine Vegetable Oil (BVO) which the Food and Drink Administration is making plans to ban.
The Easter period should be the time to reflect on the love of Christ and experience joy at the same time, not the time to land oneself in debt and sadness, it is then advisable to consider ways of celebrating it with a low budget.
However, if this looks impossible due to the current economic condition, you can enjoy movies on your television and other gadgets at home. There are interesting movies during the Easter period that local TV channels will put on their programmes.
