The question came to me: “Is Easter Monday a thing?” The answer is, “Well, yes and no.” In the U.S., the answer is essentially in the
negative. There are a few U. S. locations
that take today as a holiday or have taken the day in the past. But these are isolated instances.
On the other hand, there are at least 119 individual
countries that observe this day as a holiday in one form or another. These tend to be nations or regions where
Eastern Christianity dominates. In some
areas, if a saint’s day falls on Easter, the church commemorates the saint on
the following day – Easter Monday.
Easter Monday shows up in a lot of calendars, both printed
and on-line. Some versions of Outlook
and Google calendars show this date as some sort of observance, for instance. Filofax has some versions of its calendar
refills that refer to the day.
I think that there can be a tremendous letdown immediately
after The Feast of the Resurrection of the Lord. An extended observance is not a bad idea.
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