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Payne Inner circle Seattle 4571 Posts 
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On 2013-06-19 02:25, acesover wrote: Yes, but if any Federal Holiday falls on a Sunday, the employees get the following Monday off. Not so with Easter. Quote:
Not around here. Everything is open regular hours on Easter. Quote:
Which is why it is a minor holiday. I know Jews, Muslims and Atheists that celebrate Christmas (and Cinco de Mayo). But none of them celebrate Easter, apart from biting the ears off of a chocolate bunny. Quote:
Also lets not forget the New York Easter parade. Just saying. Never heard of it. I knew the Whitehouse still had an Easter Egg roll. But was unaware that the Big Apple had an Easter Parade. Probably an East Coast thing.
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Magnus Eisengrim Inner circle Sulla placed heads on 1053 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 01:41, Payne wrote: Not in YOUR federation, you mean. In MY federation, Good Friday and Easter Monday are both statutory holidays. See the thread on "No Vacation Nation". Quote: Unlike Christmas, Thanksgiving and Halloween, it really doesn't have a secular celebratory side. So apart from the occasional Easter egg hunt or gifting of a chocolate bunny it goes uncelebrated by those not of the Christian belief system. Unlike Halloween you don't see special stores open up that sell Easter supplies and decorations. There aren't big Easter Day Sales, Easter Tree lots or fireworks stands don't start springing up as the day approaches. So compared to Xmas, Halloween, The 4th of July, Fathers Day, Mothers Day, Memorial Day and Labor Day it is a minor holiday.
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On 2013-06-19 04:30, Payne wrote: I don't believe fathers day or mothers day is a federal holiday either. All stores usually keep regular hours. In fact mothers day is the busiest day of the year for restaurants. Just great for those mothers who are waitresses. 
Besides being a federal holiday or not does not make it something major or minor. I believe Martin Luther King Day is a federal holiday and not that many people celebrate it as compared to Easter. We can go on and on but I don't know why. Lets just say it is a Christian big deal and leave it go at that. No one else cares about it but us Christians. So if I ever see you on Easter and say to you "Happy Easter" I apologize in advance.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 04:30, Payne wrote: You never saw the classic film "Easter Parade" with Fred Astaire and Judy Garland, based on the Irving Berlin song? You're kidding, right? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040308/ You know the one- "...On the avenue, Fifth Avenue, the photographers will snap us and you'll find that you're in the Roto Gravure. I could write a sonnet, about your Easter Bonnet, and of the girl I'm taking to the Easter Parade." Everybody sing! :eek: |
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S2000magician Inner circle Yorba Linda, CA 3465 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 04:30, Payne wrote: Most everything that happens in New York qualifies as an East Coast thing. |
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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And, Payne- Easter parades are held all over the country- even in Seattle where we live!
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balducci Loyal user Canada 227 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 04:30, Payne wrote: "The Easter parade is most closely associated with Fifth Avenue in New York City ... Starting as a spontaneous event in the 1870s, the New York parade became increasingly popular into the mid-20th century—in 1947, it was estimated to draw over a million people. Its popularity has declined significantly, drawing only 30,000 in 2008." Here is some advertising for the parade in 2013: "Join hundreds of New Yorkers on Easter Sunday, March 31, 2013, for a grand Easter parade down Fifth Avenue from 44th Street to 57th Street." http://manhattan.about.com/od/eventsanda......enyc.htm Hundreds. Payne, no wonder you never heard about it. 
The NY City Easter Parade, btw, is today far from a religious celebration. It is about fashion as much as anything. The parade is mostly made up of people wearing funny hats or costumes who decide to walk in the street. FWIW, for several years NY City has also had a Cinco de Mayo day parade. I wonder which NYC parade is larger, today?
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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New York's Easter Parade has always (at least as long as I can remember) been primarily about fashion.
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 11:36, mastermindreader wrote: Yes, yes I agree. See we think alike.
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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Yes- But I think I've milked this Easter schtick for all it's worth, so here's hoping that eventually we'll find something else we agree upon.
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LobowolfXXX Inner circle La Famiglia 1196 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 11:36, mastermindreader wrote: Theynshould keep the true and miraculous meaning of the holiday in mind. An invisible, egg-laying rabbit!
"Torture doesn't work" lol
Guess they forgot to tell Bill Buckley. "...as we reason and love, we are able to hope. And hope enables us to resist those things that would enslave us." |
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On 2013-06-19 12:07, LobowolfXXX wrote: And why hasn't anyone picked up on the latest scandal - the administration's war on Easter? (We've sold the holiday out to the Chinese. Proof? Egg rolls at the White House on Easter Sunday!) |
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 12:07, mastermindreader wrote: I am sure we will. Who knows we may even find something we do not agree on.
This reminds me of the commercial when the one guy keeps telling the other after an accident and finding out they both have the same insurance, that they are connected and the guy keeps saying, "no we're not".
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R.S. Regular user CT one day I'll have 188 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 12:07, LobowolfXXX wrote: I thought Easter was when Jesus comes out and if he sees his shadow that means there's 6 more weeks of winter. Ron :)
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts
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4 more weeks og lent.
Danny Doyle
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 18:11, R.S. wrote: Hope you did not believe that. That was just an old wives tale. It was really when Jesus was crucified died and was buried and rose on the third day according to scriptures so that mans sins could be forgiven. But it is more involved than that. You really have to read the book to understand the real meaning.
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Dannydoyle Eternal Order 21245 Posts
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I had a car die in front of a church on Good Friday. I waited till Sunday but nothing.
Danny Doyle
<BR>Semper Occultus <BR>In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act....George Orwell |
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acesover Special user I believe I have 821 Posts
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On 2013-06-20 00:15, Dannydoyle wrote: Did you stay in the car the whole time?
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mastermindreader 1949 - 2017 Seattle, WA 12586 Posts
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You forgot to put your car on the lift.
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Destiny Inner circle 1429 Posts
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On 2013-06-19 09:12, Magnus Eisengrim wrote: Same here in Australia - it's the only 4 day holiday of the year. Very few people work especially on Good Friday when only people who deliver essential services work. Alcohol sales are also prohibited from midnight till midnight (on Friday). |
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