Interesting Easter Facts

DianaB · 02-27-2008, 04:17 PM

Now you will know, just in case you didn't.

Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). 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.

Here's the interesting info. 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's the facts:

1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) 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 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!

Tink · 02-27-2008, 04:19 PM

Interesting!
Thanks for sharing Diana, I didn't know!

judy · 02-27-2008, 05:18 PM

That is cool! Thanks Diana.l I love factoids.

goofywife · 02-27-2008, 06:05 PM

Wow, that is great news for us at work!! Easter coming early is driving us crazy. We have so many churches that want to upgrade thier video system before Easter.

Does it start over and go late next or does it slowly go later?

Marilyn · 02-27-2008, 07:45 PM

Interesting information!!! Thank you!!! I like knowing this kind of info.

HALEY · 02-28-2008, 05:03 AM

yorkiemalt · 02-28-2008, 06:24 AM

thanks for the info! I don't like it so early....it's just too cold around here.

HALEY · 02-28-2008, 06:27 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkiemalt

thanks for the info! I don't like it so early....it's just too cold around here.

Me too, too cold in Pa i like it in April better, with all the pretty colors of Easter it reminds me of Spring time

yorkiemalt · 02-28-2008, 06:30 AM

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Originally Posted by HALEY

Me too, too cold in Pa i like it in April better, with all the pretty colors of Easter it reminds me of Spring time

exactly! Plus the Easter flowers are pushed to grow faster (in the greenhouse) and they don't seem as pretty and they surely don't smell as nice.

HALEY · 02-28-2008, 06:38 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkiemalt

exactly! Plus the Easter flowers are pushed to grow faster (in the greenhouse) and they don't seem as pretty and they surely don't smell as nice.

there is a greenhouse right across the street where i work and you can see all the pretty Mum's and flowers growing, i love it.. just want to take my baby outside again, he is getting so bored being inside all the time.. i take him over my mom's every weekend just to get out. but i miss walking at night. nice warm air, the sun, talking to the neighbors..

yorkiemalt · 02-28-2008, 07:07 AM

Spring is coming! (I hope)

02-28-2008, 07:08 AM

that is interesting. I had wondered why it had to be so early. Glad to know its not going to be the usual!!!!

HALEY · 02-28-2008, 07:39 AM

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Originally Posted by yorkiemalt

Spring is coming! (I hope)

soon girl, the days are getting longer too...

Janet · 02-28-2008, 08:41 AM

Diana, what great information...I learn more from this site everyday!!! I prefer Easter when it's a little warmer too. I love the smell for some reason on Easter morning.

AngieDoogles · 02-28-2008, 08:46 AM

Wow, that's interesting! Thanks Diana! (By the way, I've missed you!)

02-27-2008, 04:17 PM	#1
DianaB Moderator Donating 4WT 13K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Kansas Posts: 16,069	Interesting Easter Facts Now you will know, just in case you didn't. Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20). 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. Here's the interesting info. 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's the facts: 1) The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) 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 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year! __________________ ´¨) ¸.•´¸.•´¨) ¸.•*¨) (¸.•´ (¸.•` ¤ Diana Baker ✞ You and I are friends....... Always remember that if you fall I will pick you up...... After I stop laughing!!!

02-27-2008, 04:19 PM	#2
Tink Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Rural Wisconsin Posts: 3,707	Interesting! Thanks for sharing Diana, I didn't know! __________________ 'A simple way to take measure of a country is to look at how many want in.. And how many want out.' England 's Prime Minister Tony Blair'

02-27-2008, 05:18 PM	#3
judy Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Denver, NY Posts: 8,097	That is cool! Thanks Diana.l I love factoids. __________________ *Judy*

02-27-2008, 06:05 PM	#4
goofywife Donating 4WT Yakker Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Oklahoma Posts: 855	Wow, that is great news for us at work!! Easter coming early is driving us crazy. We have so many churches that want to upgrade thier video system before Easter. Does it start over and go late next or does it slowly go later? __________________ Michelle (Katys mom) OK Yorkie Rescue-Another Chance at Love

02-27-2008, 07:45 PM	#5
Marilyn Donating 4WT 2000 Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: South Texas Posts: 4,907	Interesting information!!! Thank you!!! I like knowing this kind of info. __________________ Marilyn If anyone would like a free Bible Study CD or book entitled "Searching for Truth", PM me with your mailing address and I'll send you one. "And you shall know the truth and the truth shall set you free." John 8:32

02-28-2008, 05:03 AM	#6
HALEY Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 2,147	__________________ PROUD MOMMY

02-28-2008, 06:24 AM	#7
yorkiemalt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 193	thanks for the info! I don't like it so early....it's just too cold around here.

02-28-2008, 07:07 AM	#11
yorkiemalt Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: New Jersey Posts: 193	Spring is coming! (I hope)

02-28-2008, 07:08 AM	#12
CoyoteQueen Guest Posts: n/a	that is interesting. I had wondered why it had to be so early. Glad to know its not going to be the usual!!!!

02-28-2008, 08:41 AM	#14
Janet Moderator Donating 4WT 18K Club Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: INDIANA Posts: 21,624	Diana, what great information...I learn more from this site everyday!!! I prefer Easter when it's a little warmer too. I love the smell for some reason on Easter morning. __________________ To every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven. ECCLESIASTES 3:1

02-28-2008, 08:46 AM	#15
AngieDoogles Donating 4WT 4000 Club Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6,509	Wow, that's interesting! Thanks Diana! (By the way, I've missed you!) __________________ "Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." ~MT

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