harrisey, do you think from your expereince it is true that younger people like to worship in congregations of 100 plus then? Do you have agapes and things like that?
wintersun, there used to be programmes on for every night of Holy Week too (the week following Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday)- ususally no more than 15 mins long - but now there are just three - Palm Sunday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. This obviously sounds like a lot compared to what you get but given that Easter is our major festival (more important than Christmas, not so that you'd notice though!) it's odd that they have been scrapped. It's outrageous that the Ramadan ones have been too.
Where I live in a rural area our supermarkets don't cater very much for minority faiths because there isn't demand. It's a shame because it'd be nice to celebrate with you anyway. But our village pre-school has looked at customs for Ramadan, Diwali and Hannukah. The problem is that every child at the pre-school comes from Christian, agnostic or atheist/humanist families so it is hard for the children to really understand. I am lucky that I grew up with friends from other faiths and my children not having that opportunity is the only thing that concerns me about living in the countryside.