I've always been fascinated with how Easter is a difficult holiday to pinpoint a date for, since Easter always falls on the first Sunday after the first full moon following the Spring Equinox (March 21st). As we all know, Easter is a bit early this year, falling on Sunday, March 23rd. The earliest date Easter could be is March 22nd and the latest it could be is April 25th. Easter fell on our wedding Anniversary, April 15th in the year 2001!!
Shaun and I heard some interesting facts on the WFSB news this morning.
The next time Easter will be this early, March 23rd, will be 220 years from now in the year 2228! The last time it was this early was in 1913! Imagine that! The last time Easter was the earliest it could fall (March 22nd) was 1818, the next time will be 277 years from now in the year 2285. So no one alive today will ever see Easter so early again! Easter last fell on the latest possible date, April 25th in 1943 and will next fall on that date in 2038. But Easter will fall on April 24th, just one day before this latest possible date, in 2011!
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I heard that too! It's so crazy to think that we won't be around when it's this early again! I kind of hate how Easter moves around so much. Oh well.Happy belated Easter. Your kiddos are so cute and it sounds like they had a blast hunting for eggs.
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