Talk:Easter Monday
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Is Easter Monday a Christian holiday? I know of no specific event ceblebrated say in the Methodist Church or similar non-conformist churches. Linuxlad (sorry, can't find mi tildes).
- I'm tempted to remove your addition to the article because:
- Your statement here implies that you only have knowledge of the practices of non-conformist Methodist Churches in the US
- You've added an important distinction as a parenthetical statement instead of as a clarifying subordinate clause to the opening sentence
- You've misspelled "Protestant"
- You can't "find" all the keys on your keyboard
- However, I also know that Easter Monday is not an official holy day in mainline Presbyterian Churches, congregations of the Southern Baptist Convention, or the Roman Catholic Church. The celebrations mentioned in the article seem all to be continuations of pre-Christian fertility rituals, and the map implies that these celebrations are extremely localized. Therefore, we have to repeat your first question to the world at large: is it a Christian holiday? From what has been presented in the article, it really seems that it isn't. I think a rewrite is needed. Can someone with extensive knowledge of this please tackle this? For now, I'm going to alter the first two sentences to indicate that this is a celebration in largely Christian areas of the world. Canonblack 12:20, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
I'm in the UK (which is why I can't find tilde on my wife's Windows laptop, which has an incorrectly-mapped US layout). I'd expect a holiday which could be asserted as 'Christian' (ie without further qualification), in the Easter season, to have a 'holy day' equivalent in all churches which celebrate Easter at this time. (The UK churches have a fairly common Easter calendar, closely tied to the Easter narrative; incidentally, rereading your note, I think we may be using 'Non-Conformist' in different ways).
On a personal level, this time of year is a busy time for local politics in the UK, but I always avoid canvassing on Good Friday and Easter Day - I have no such inhibitions about Easter Monday, which is 'just a' day off for tired bankers. Since I'm back on my Linux box I can now sign as Linuxlad 13:08, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Easter Monday in North Carolina
According to [1] and [2], Easter Monday is not a holiday observed by the state of North Carolina, and I can't find any sources stating that it is. Having lived in North Carolina for most of my life, I'm pretty sure that it isn't an official state holiday. Tony 13:32, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Perhaps replace "Christian cultural traditions" with "European cultural traditions"
A day that's not on the offical Catholic calendar probably shouldn't be called part of the Christian cultural conventions, especally considering that many traditions that take place on Easter itself pre-date Christanity. Joncnunn 18:11, 17 April 2006 (UTC)
HOW ABOUT IRELAND?? The Easter Rebellion was started on Easter Monday 1916! The G.P.O., Michael Collins, Patrick Pearse, Eamon DeVallera. The British foolishly turned an unpopular uprising into their eventual losing of their empire, by executing some of the I.R.B. leadership. Kind of big in history fellows. User: Diggerjohn111 6:48, 9 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Chile
Easter Monday doesn't exist in Chile but the map you have there, and the list of countries, claims it is holiday. --Alejandro Mery 23:25, 5 April 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Countries that get the holiday
Traveling around I have found the following Easter Monday exists in Italy. Things are closed and the Trains are running on the holiday schedules. (My wife is there today 3/24/08)
I lived in Ontario, Canada for three years. We always got Good Friday off as a National Holiday but never Easter Monday. The Canada Government web page does list it as a National holiday. http://www.pch.gc.ca/progs/cpsc-ccsp/jfa-ha/index_e.cfm
Giovanni Valentino
[edit] List of countries
Formatting the list of countries into a series of columns would make that section of the article look much better. I don't know how to do it, but I'm assuming that someone here does. 4.239.249.135 (talk) 19:45, 18 February 2008 (UTC)
