Talk:Moveable feast

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I may be really off here, since I'm no expert on this subject, but isn't Candlemas always on Feb. 2? What about Whitsuntide, Palm Sunday, days like those? -- Zoe

I'm not sure that Palm Sunday is a feast per se; in Eastern Orthodoxy, it's right around the transition from Great Lent to Holy Week, and at most would only include a slight relaxation of the Lenten fast, such as allowing fish and oil that day. February 2 is always the Presentation of Christ in the Temple, sometimes called the Encounter instead of Presentation. I think Roman Catholics emphasize the cleansing of Mary in the Temple that day, but celebrate the same event. Don't know what Candlemas and Whitsuntide are... Wesley

If this is about Christianity then the inclusion of Japanese holidays seems misplaced. If it is about other things as well, then Independence Day (always on the 4th of July) could be contrasted with Thanksgiving Day (usually taken to have religious significance, not always Christian, even though its date was enacted by a supposedly religiously neutral Congress) in that the latter is the fourth Thursday in November rather than always on the same date. And what of Richard Nixon's reforms that made Memorial Day, Columbus Day, and perhaps a few others, always fall on the nearest Monday to a particular date? And how do Muslims decide when the Hajj takes place? Michael Hardy 23:10, 17 Oct 2003 (UTC)

I have removed the sections for Japanese, Canadian, and American holidays as these are not relevant to the artice and it might get out of hand. All the info can be found on the pages:

Zabdiel 18:08, 6 March 2006 (UTC)

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[edit] Fixed feasts

Do we actually need a list of fixed feasts here ? -- Beardo 22:07, 26 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Thanks

I was somewhere else and wanted to know the usage of this term; this article was concise and very helpful! Thanks a lot, made my day a little less infuriating. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 71.163.213.216 (talk) 23:20, 11 January 2007 (UTC).

[edit] Corporate Definition

I'm removing the Corporate Definition section. If it belongs (which I can't fathom), here's the text:

Typically breakfast after the Wednesday morning meetings, a privilege that is provided to us to all to share in as a sales floor. Not only does breakfast provide the sustenance that drives 75/25, but it also gives us a few brief moments to meet and greet which builds comraderie as a team. In the past, Tim Sheehy engaged in Movable Feasting, creating a rift between east and west which was almost irrepairable as Mitch and I can attest to. Please leave breakfast in its designated area and resist the urge to create a selfish breakfast cache in non-designated arenas.

-Pat 21:20, 2 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] GABHY

SHE SMELLS LIKE CHEESE!!!!!!!!!!! —Preceding unsigned comment added by 65.11.210.7 (talk) 01:24, 15 February 2008 (UTC)