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Overheard in the supermarket.. Re: Easter 🤣

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ItsFridayIminLoveJS · 13/03/2025 17:10

In Sainsbury's today. Chocolate/ Easter egg isle.
Two young adults looking at Easter eggs.
One says to the other " l wish the fu**ing Government would make it's mind up about Easter and have it on the same date every year like Christmas.
( Can't educate the ignorant)🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️

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richardosmanstrousers · 16/03/2025 16:20

42isthemeaning · 13/03/2025 22:46

Interesting - is that the same all over Scotland then? Quite a few years back I am fairly sure it used to be the same two weeks. I’m a bit ancient though

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No, not at all. I looked up the next council area and their weeks are slightly different to ours.

Trees6 · 16/03/2025 16:29

I bet the kid who was going to get a WH Smith bible was far happier with a chocolate egg 😆

NormasArse · 16/03/2025 16:30

Thinking about it logically, if someone died, the anniversary of their death would be on the same date each year. Based on that, they spoke sense!

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PuppyMonkey · 16/03/2025 16:42

Having a fixed date for Easter is an idea that has been discussed quite regularly by the Government. There’s more on it here:

https://lordslibrary.parliament.uk/from-the-hansard-archives-fixing-a-date-for-easter/

ERthree · 16/03/2025 17:01

Easter is always the first Sunday after the Vernal Equinox.

MightAsWellBeGretel · 16/03/2025 17:04

Needmorelego · 13/03/2025 17:19

@ItsFridayIminLoveJS who was it that decided Christmas Day will be a fixed date though?
Was it the church or the government?

The Catholic church when they superimposed their religious festivals over pagan ones.

GetDownkeith · 16/03/2025 17:13

42isthemeaning · 13/03/2025 19:29

In Scottish state schools Easter break is the same fortnight every year. Seems to work!

Not all of them. Our council still has them over Easter itself.
I am not hugely fussed when they are but this has been a long term and we are ready for the holidays. Niece is in Aberdeenshire she has 2 weeks to go we still have 3.
When we were in Aberdeen they made the move there to the same time every year but in Highland we move with Easter.

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