Groundhog Phil might be predicting six more weeks of winter gloom, but that’s not going to stop Easter celebrations.
Easter will fall in the middle of April this year, rather than late March last year.
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The Christian festival is a time when families come together to scoff loads of chocolate groundhogs, bunnies, unicorns and eggs to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The date is all about new beginnings as marks the time when animals begin mating rituals to bring new life to the countryside.
Of course, it is also a public holiday making it the perfect time for family to spend quality time together.
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When is Easter 2017?
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Easter falls on Sunday April 16 next year, meaning Good Friday will fall on April 14 and Easter Monday will fall on April 17.
As with every year, both the Friday and the Monday are public holidays.
What is Easter all about?
Hunting down the Easter bunny and scoffing chocolate eggs might be the what most people do around Easter time, but the public holiday is actually the day Jesus is said to have risen from the dead.
This is a huge celebration for Christians, not only because Jesus came back to them, but also because his return demonstrated that there must be an afterlife.
On Easter Sunday itself, the bible tells how Mary Magdalene visited Jesus’s tomb and discovered that the stone entrance had been removed and his body was missing.
Why is the day called Easter?
There isn’t actually a reference to Easter in the bible – neither is there a reference to Christmas – so the origins of the word are thought to have come much later.
Some believe that the name ‘Easter’ comes from Pagan times when the goddess of fertility and spring – ‘Eastra’ – was worshipped.
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Others believe the word dates back to the Frankish church who used celebrated the ‘alba’ (sunrise) when celebrating Christ’s resurrection, a word that translates as ‘Ostern’ in German, which some suggest then evolved into ‘Easter’.
How is Easter celebrated?
Christians celebrating Easter are likely to attend a special Easter sermon followed by a large family meal and lots of chocolate eggs. Eggs symbolise new life and are eaten during Easter to symbolise the new life given to Jesus after his resurrection on Easter Sunday. The shape of the egg also looks like a tomb – and the cracked egg symbolises the empty tomb.
Eating eggs was forbidden during the Holy Week, and instead they were saved, decorated and gifted to children.
It wasn’t until the 19th century that the first chocolate eggs appeared in France and Germany, and this tradition has now carried on.
How can I get involved?
You can visit your local church for their Easter sermon.
Easter Egg hunts are also a popular activity and some of the best ones can be found here.
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