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Easter, a moveable feast

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Artyfarty Sat 09-Dec-17 17:01:45

Just spent a few minutes transferring over dates to my new diary for next year and noticed Easter is a couple of weeks earlier in 2018. The formulae for working out when Easter falls seems to be quite complicated involving full moons on or after the vernal equinox. Would it not be simpler to decide on a definite date for Easter keep it the same every year?

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Jalima1108 Sat 09-Dec-17 17:15:59

Best talk to the heads of all the churches involved!

www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-35880795

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MawBroon Sat 09-Dec-17 17:35:48

Having just spotted Hot Cross Buns in Waitrose this afternoon, I wonder whether it has moved to December?

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yggdrasil Sat 09-Dec-17 18:03:32

In the 1920's there was an Act of Parliament passed fixing the date of Easter. But it never got the Royal Assent. So it just sits there......

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Jalima1108 Sat 09-Dec-17 18:05:02

MawBroon shock

I think I would have picked up a packet, asked for the manager then jumped up and down on them

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Elegran Sat 09-Dec-17 18:24:29

This has been discussed at intervals for many centuries, but has never happened.

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Squiffy Sat 09-Dec-17 18:27:21

Maw Someone rang our local radio station last week to say he'd seen Easter eggs in a local shop tchshock

Does that mean that Easter comes twice in a year?

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Alima Sat 09-Dec-17 18:33:30

Oh goody, will look forward to Easter, it means spring is around the corner. (Hopefully they won’t ever make Easter fall on the same weekend or it won’t be Easter will it? Pretty sure it has more significance than a few cream eggs and hot cross buns).

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polyester57 Sat 09-Dec-17 18:43:51

Yes, Easter is a movable feast. As a general rule, Easter falls on the first Sunday, following the first full moon after 21. March. But not always. It is one of those things between heaven and earth. There doesn´t always have to be a reason.

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Jalima1108 Sat 09-Dec-17 19:31:45

Alima I will have to get over Christmas first!

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