An Easter egg hunt in a cemetery has been cancelled after a social media backlash. The event was due to take place next Wednesday at Wrexham cemetery.
Friends of Wrexham Cemetery said it was a “wonderful idea to get young people interested in local genealogy”.
According to its website, the group’s aim is “to promote the preservation, care and improvement of Wrexham cemetery as a place of historical value and interest and as a community green space for the public benefit”.
I’m struggling to understand why people are saying it’s inappropriate. Is it because people would be having fun at a cemetery? Do they think you have to be sad?
@runswithjedi maybe. I think they are worried children will play or walk on the graves of their loved ones, and they don’t like that. From the response by cemetary organizers that sounds like what they are defending against.