[OFB Cafe] Happy Easter!

[Timothy Butler]

>
> Speaking about Easter, isn't it strange that in the Netherlands,  
> where Waldo and I are from, we have 2 Easter days and I believe in  
> Germany and Belgium and the UK as well, but here in the US and  
> other countries have just one Easter day.
> Same goes for other holidays though. They have 2 Christmas days, 2  
> Pentecost/Withsun days(Pinksteren in Dutch see:http://dwotd.web- 
> log.nl/dutch_word_of_the_day/2007/05/201_pinksteren.html)
>
> Anyone knows where that stems from?

	Perhaps residual from the switch to the Gregorian calendar (e.g.  
like how the Eastern Orthodox continue to observe Easter later than  
the Western world)?

	Just speculation...

	-Tim

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