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Easter (Greek: Πάσχα, Pascha or Pasxa) is the most important religious feast in the Christian liturgical year. Christians celebrate this ay in observance of their belief that Jesus Christ rose from the dead three days after his crucifixion (Easter Sunday, commonly referred to as the "third day" including the day of crucifixion), now estimated to have taken place between the years AD 26 and AD 36. Many non-religious cultural elements have become part of the holiday, and those aspects are often celebrated by many Christians and non-Christians alike.

Trivia about easter

  • In 1986, during the week before this, egg sales went up nearly 50% from weekly average
  • Charles Wesley's "Christ the Lord is Risen Today" is a hymn for this holiday
  • The most candy bought for a holiday is for this springtime one, not Valentine's Day
  • The American Egg Board has declared Egg Salad Week for the week after this holiday
  • If you're in town in April, put on your bonnet & join the parade down Fifth Avenue for this holiday
  • This Christian holiday can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25
  • Celebration of the Resurrection
  • In 1995 it occurred on April 16th; in 1996 it will occur on April 7th
  • Kids roll eggs across the White House lawn on the Monday after this holiday
  • French kids get chocolate chickens on this spring holiday
  • Maundy Thursday falls 3 days before this religious holiday
  • This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection
  • Mayiritsa soup & red-dyed eggs are served in Greece for this holiday
  • In Christian churches, Ascension Day is observed 40 days after this holiday
  • Ireland became a republic on this post-holiday Monday, the anniversary of the 1916 "Rising"
  • This holiday's rabbit imagery is a holdover from a pagan symbol of rebirth & new life
  • The climax of Ireland's long revolutionary struggles occurred in Dublin in 1916 on this holiday
  • The English name of this Christian holiday may come from a pagan Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring
  • We shouldn't need to "egg" you on to name this holiday
  • Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, the period of fasting that ends on this holiday
  • Traditionally, the dome-shaped Russian cake known as a kulich is served on this holiday
  • The Russian paskha sweet cheese mold for this holiday has the initials XB on it, meaning "Christ is risen"
  • Irishman Yeats wrote a poem entitled this holiday "1916"
  • Made with cheese & nuts, paskha is a traditional Russian treat for this spring holiday
  • In Catholicism, Epiphany is more important than Christmas, joining Pentecost & this most holy of days
  • Florida was named in honor of this holiday season, whose Spanish name includes the word florida
  • This holiday may take its name from the name of the Anglo-Saxon goddess of spring
  • This Christian holy day can occur as early as March 22 or as late as April 25
  • Alaska's Resurrection Bay was named by Alexander Baranof, who first sailed into it on this holiday
  • In Italian, this holiday is Pasqua

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