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Pre-Easter anger in Watertown turns into shoving match with a mall Easter bunny

By adamg on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:21am

Watertown News reports on an April 14 incident at the Watertown Mall in which a father dissatisfied with the quality of a photo with his kids and the Easter bunny turned into a shoving match that ended when the bunny's chair broke and he plummeted to the ground.

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By roadman on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:45pm.

Once again, commercialism has sunk to new lows knows no limits.

and thanks to all posters who commented on their childhood mall Easter Bunny experiences

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By Scumquistador on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:55am.

like..at all

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By roadman on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 3:14pm.

just before Easter. But, in the larger scheme of things, it's still a fairly recent development (none of my nieces or nephews - all of whom are now in their early to mid 20s - even went to the mall to see the Easter Bunny).

And I maintain there's something basically wrong with putting the Easter Bunny on the same level as Santa Claus. When we were kids, you didn't ask the Easter Bunny to send you what you wanted, because you KNEW what you would get - a basket with candy and eggs.

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By Scumquistador on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:23pm.

and grew up close enough to that very mall that i remember going to a certain restaurant with talking heads near it

i mean its not very relevant, im not trying to 'gotcha' or anything, this stuff has just been around a long time- google image search confirms that, often to hilarious results, btw

i would assume that if anything, attendance to any sort of mall related bunny or fat guy in a suit event would be considerably lower now than in the past, right?

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By Cranky on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:52pm.

I'm wicked old & I visited the EB at the South Shore Plaza when I was a kid in the late 60s/early 70s.
(This was before it was even an indoor mall!)

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By Cranky on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 2:04pm.

Sorry, double post!

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By Mediacrity on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:12pm.

I'm 35 and have several childhood mall Easter bunny pictures as well. Unlike the lists of Santa pictures, however, none of mine are featured in these types of galleries.

https://www.buzzfeed.com/briangalindo/19-vintage-easter-bunny-photos-tha...

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By ZachAndTired on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:15pm.

I remember seeing the Easter Bunny in malls a lot when I was a little kid. I'm 35 years old. This is not new.

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By Kinopio on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:14am.

Don't worry, both malls and religion are quickly dying off.

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By anon on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:45pm.

Once the malls die off you will have a Uber-like app to schedule a Santa or Easter Bunny to come to your home.

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By BikerGeek on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 3:02pm.

it's called Taskrabbit.

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By anon on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:33am.

The sad news is the next day he will not be a bunny but the other one is still a dad.

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By Scumquistador on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 6:21pm.

what happened to the bunny?

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By ZachAndTired on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 7:51pm.

Turned into a chicken and got a job at Cadbury

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By Waquiot on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:48am.

that the Easter Bunny at the Menlo Park Mall was more realistic.

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By Ren on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:53am.
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By erik g on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:10pm.

n/t

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By anon on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 10:55am.

Such a mature and classy father.

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By anon on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:27am.

Was DCF notified? Aren't cops mandated reporters?

next stop for dad: Chucky Cheeze in Everett?

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By bostnkid on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:38pm.

th other day was a great day to dunk the kids in the ocean!

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By roadman on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 1:46pm.

be a case for the ASPCA?

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By Sock_Puppet on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:02am.

He made a funny face

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By anon on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:30am.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iu19igk-qsk

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By BikerGeek on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 11:48am.

...they only *booed* Santa Claus.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z7C5Y4vH6h4

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By dmcboston on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 12:20pm.

Probably just as well.

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By FlyingToaster on Thu, 04/27/2017 - 2:17pm.

... Link.

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