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Do you remember what Easter was like when you were a kid or a young adult? These days it seems like kids keep getting more extravagant items in their baskets. Back then, it was a simpler time. Easter was a day to go to church, get dressed up in your Sunday best, and then have a nice meal with your family. There were certain trends that were popular around Easter in the '50s and '60s that kids these days might not know about. Let's take a walk down memory lane and see how many of these times or things you remember: Women started wearing fancy Easter hats Easter Parade / Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer The movie Easter Parade starring Judy Garland sparked a trend of women wearing ridiculously fancy Easter hats. Did you use to dress up in a fancy dress, white gloves, and a special hat for Easter? The White House had their annual White House Easter Egg Roll White House Easter Egg Roll / White House Archives In 1953, the White House Easter Egg Roll was held for the first time in over 10 years. It has become an honored tradition ever since. Leave It To Beaver had a cute Easter photoshoot Leave It To Beaver / CBS If you loved the show Leave It To Beaver, do you remember the photo above? It is so cute! I miss shows like that one! Read onto the NEXT page for even more Easter memories! Everyone had an Easter egg tree Easter egg tree / Wikimedia Commons Do you remember getting out the Easter egg tree and decorating it with beautiful Easter eggs? That was such a fun tradition! Do you still have one that you pull out every spring? Some people even decorated their trees outdoors, too. Hot cross buns were popular Hot cross buns / Flickr It wasn't just a kid's song, hot cross buns were a popular Easter treat. Do you still make them every year? They're so delicious! The parades Chitty Chitty Bang Bang / United Artists There are still Easter parades and they get bigger every year. Do you miss the simplicity of the Easter parades in your home town or the ones on television? In 1968, Dick Van Dyke rode in the vehicle from Chitty Chitty Bang Bang in the London parade. That was such an amazing moment in time! What are your favorite memories from Easter? What are you most looking forward to this upcoming year? If you enjoyed this article, please SHARE with your friends and family! Watch the video below to reminisce about popular Easter decorations from the '50s and '60s: