Some Easter Trivia

I've heard so many people discussing over the last week that Easter had come way too early. Well thanks to MaryAnn Luedtke, I now know why.

From Honey's Buzz (the internationally known newsletter for the Luedtke family)

Do you realize how early Easter is this year? As you may know, Easter is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring Equinox (which is March 20th). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar calendar that Hebrew people used to identify Passover, which is why it moves around on the Roman calendar.

Based on the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier than it was this year (March 22) but that is pretty rare. Here's the interesting info.

This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see for the rest of our lives! And only the most elderly of our population have ever seen it this early (95 years old or above!).

And none of us have ever, or will ever, see it a day earlier! Here are the facts...

1. The next time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be in the year 2228 (220 years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you are 95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!)

2. The next time is will be a day earlier, March 22, will be in the year 2285 (277 years from now). The last time it was on March 22 was 1818. So, no one alive today has or will ever see it any earlier than this year!

Thanks for clearing that up MaryAnn. Personally I don't care when it is, as long as it is as pretty as it was this weekend.

It could be worse - we could live close to this guy!

Hope you all had a wonderful Easter!

Jennifer