I'm having fun decorating for the holidays! My Mom always went all-out festive at our home, which I loved. Celebrating the seasons and the passing of the year is so appealing to me. Easter is a tough one though because it's a religious holiday and most of the decor is so "cutesy." A few weeks ago I found this iron basket at Tuesday Morning (one of my faves) and I filled it with eggs and hung it on my front door.
My friend Candace sent me this interesting e-mail about Easter:
Some little facts about this year’s Easter…
Easter is the 23rd this year. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20th). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
Based on the above information, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22nd) which is rare.
Here's the interesting information. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here are the facts:
1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23rd) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22nd, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22nd was 1818.
So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
HAPPY EASTER!
Easter is the 23rd this year. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20th). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on our Roman calendar.
Based on the above information, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22nd) which is rare.
Here's the interesting information. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above). And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here are the facts:
1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23rd) will be the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!).
2) The next time it will be a day earlier, March 22nd, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22nd was 1818.
So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!
HAPPY EASTER!
1 comments:
I love all your cute Easter decorations! Thanks for all the interesting facts. I was talking with a friend just the other day about why Easter was so early, now I know.
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