Easter Sunday is usually the beginning of Spring. The weather gets mild, some trees start to show their flowers, grass start to grow and basically everything started to become a little more colorful.
As I said before we live in an apartment but when we look out the window we can see the changes and as long as the weather stays pleasant these changes are very good for the eye.
Many, many years ago on Easter Sunday people dressed up in their fineries and went out for walks with their families.
In Manhattan, Fifth Avenue was one of the most fashionable places to go and be seen. It started in the 1870s and eventually became very popular. People dressed up, women wore beautiful and elaborate hats.
But this wasn't just a New York event. All over the country in cities people did the same and showed themselves in the popular areas. Years ago we went out to a nearby beach for a walk and found that the boardwalk was filled with people strolling up and down with their families.
This was called the Easter Parade. It was not a parade as we know parades, it was just people parading and enjoying Easter.
Like everything else this changed, too. Or I should say degenerated. It is now a long way from the way it was in the Judy Garland movie of Easter Parade. It is not even a bad imitation of it.
OK, the police closes Fifth Avenue from traffic until about 1 PM for the sake of the people who still want to be there. But one has to see those people!
First of all, most of them are tourists who just want to see weird New Yorkers. The rest are the weird New Yorkers.
For some reason some people insist on dressing up as idiots. They dress up in costumes only they find interesting and they all want to be noticed, pushing themselves front of cameras.
The women's hats are another thing. Years ago these hats were elegant headpieces. Now they are jokes. Who wants to see a birdnest on the top of a woman's head? Who wants to see an Easter basket filled with whatever on top of a woman's head?
Nobody wears normal and tasteful hats anymore. They all try to outdo each other with the craziest creations. Some hats are like an ugly baby that has a face only a mother can love.
This whole Easter Parade thing became a circus. People don't respect anything anymore. My wife and I went to a very lovely place for Easter Brunch. There were many people and families there. We dressed up nicely but we were in the minority.
There were people in polo shirts, men and women in jeans and sneakers.
And if the place would have said there was a dress code they probably would have been sued.
That's America for you! Or is it called progress?
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My parents always, instilled in us that you give respect when you go to church, theater or any other funtions, to get dressed and look presentable. To this day even when I go to the supermarket I get dressed, don"t want to look like an old slob, which many people do when they get older,and retired. These are the years when you really take better care of yourself.
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