On 8/4/09 12:01, in article , "K"
wrote:

Sacha writes
Last Easter was *awful* but then it was also extremely early. I do wish
that the Powers That Be would decide on a fixed date. If it keeps shoogling
around all over the place and is said to be THE major Christian festival, I
would have thought it more respectful and sensible to have a fixed date for
it!

It is 'fixed' - it's the nearest Sunday to the first full moon after the
vernal equinox. Shows it's firmly rooted in Christian traditions,
doesn't it ;-)

It's bad enough people telling us that Christmas is really mid-February or
whatever it is but when Easter moves around like a yoyo, it's ridiculous!

There's another 13 festivals all defined in relation to Easter, so
fixing it on a particular date would sort them too. It's irritating not
to find out about Pancake Day until you see the pancake races on the 6
o'clock news.

Eggsactly. ;-))

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