Is Easter special for you?

[Aggers]

In my younger years I was a regular church-goer, and sang in a church choir for many years as man and boy (Treble and Bass).

Easter was then, without a doubt, a very special time.

Over the year, for various reasons, going to church has almost disappeared for me, but I must admit that I do miss it at times.

Easter for me, then, is now a time for remembering days that have long gone, and a time to enjoy chocolate and daffodils.

[miasmum]

I think I find it hard as it is like a long run of Sunday's and as anyone that knows me knows, I hate Sundays

[TheOstrich]

Yes, it's a special time for us in this household, as Christmas is. Mrs O and I attended the Easter Day service at the local Church, and we came home to the traditional lamb joint for lunch.

[Diflower]

It varies. It always used to be, my mum loved Easter as at Christmas the rest of her (large) family would be busy with their own families. When I was young we'd often go up to my granny's (Dad's mum) for a few days.
Later we'd sometimes have my uncle & aunt from up there to stay, or we'd have a special roast lamb lunch then on the Monday other family would come for the day, her brother/sisters, cousins and their children.
A few years we've had Bb's family here, or we've gone to them.
This year it was just us

As others said, it's a nice time, less frantic than Christmas, with no big expectations, no presents to buy, just a nice time to be with family - if you have one

[Gal]

As others said, it's a nice time, less frantic than Christmas, with no big expectations, no presents to buy, just a nice time to be with family - if you have one

Yes, and the same for us - I am off Fridays too so yesterday was my only extra day off- we spent it with family so it was a very special day

[miasmum]

Gal do you get a day in-leiu because you have Friday's off anyway?

[debih]

Gal do you get a day in-leiu because you have Friday's off anyway?

I do as I don't work Fridays.

What they actually do at work is give me all my bank holidays back at the beginning of the year by adding it onto my annual leave. Then I can decide if I am going to take the bank holiday Monday off as leave or come in to work on the Thursday or Friday. Its fab as it really bumps my annual leave up - I tend to come in on the Thursday and save the days leave to add onto my other holidays.

Apart from Christmas - we shut down for the week so I have no choice.

[saundra]

easter now is not religious i dont think
unless you are a reguluar church going
its a great shame my grandchildren think its for easter eggs
and they laugh when i say there dads went to sunday school
i loved easter
mum used to boil eggs in coloured water for breakfast
and then down to the fishmongers for fresh fish
saw the grandparents easter sunday for out easter eggs

[miasmum]

I don't get a day in-lieu where I work now, but always did in previous surgeries. So if, as happened last Christmas, Christmas Day and New Years Day fall on my days off, it's just tough. I think I might bring it up again

[Kaz]

One of the things I do NOT miss about working in retail is having to work on Bank Holidays!