# Happy Easter!

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [March 31, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073 "2002-03-31T17:03:03Z")\
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**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 5:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/1 "2002-03-31T17:03:03Z")

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To the Christians who celebrate Easter today, I hope you have a joyous day celebrating and remembering **The Resurrection**!!

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**Author:** ![Billy\_Rubin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/billy_rubin/32/3622_2.png) [@Billy\_Rubin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Billy_Rubin)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/2 "2002-03-31T17:35:48Z")

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And to you, too. And to those who aren’t Christians, happy gratuitous three day weekend!

b.

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**Author:** ![matt\_mcl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7ab992/32.png) [@matt\_mcl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/matt_mcl)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/3 "2002-03-31T20:16:55Z")

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Four days. 😃

(I get Good Friday, too. And I’m not even Christian! Such a deal.)

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**Author:** ![Ice\_Wolf](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/dfb087/32.png) [@Ice\_Wolf](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ice_Wolf)\
**Post date:** [March 31, 2002, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/4 "2002-03-31T23:57:00Z")

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Mind if I ask a question here?

In NZ, we start the Easter break from Good Friday and go to the day after Easter Sunday. In another thread, it was mentioned how Easter begins in some places on Easter Sunday.

What’s the story with the rest of the world? (Those countries with Easter on the public holiday calendar, o’course!)

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**Author:** ![dreamer](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/6bbea6/32.png) [@dreamer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dreamer)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/5 "2002-04-01T00:09:48Z")

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> \*Originally posted by matt\_mcl \*  
> \*\*Four days. 😃
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> (I get Good Friday, too. And I’m not even Christian! Such a deal.) \*\*

**God is good** 😃

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**Author:** ![Freyr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freyr/32/5763_2.png) [@Freyr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freyr)\
**Post date:** [April 1, 2002, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/happy-easter/101073/6 "2002-04-01T00:51:53Z")

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\*\*Ice Wolf wrote:

Mind if I ask a question here?

In NZ, we start the Easter break from Good Friday and go to the day after Easter Sunday. In another thread, it was mentioned how Easter begins in some places on Easter Sunday.\*\*

Western and Eastern Xianity have different ways of calculating the holiday. I know in the Western tradition, Easter Sunday is the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox. I don’t know how the Eastern tradition calculates it.

Any takers?