Easter this year is: Sunday March 23, 2008 =A0 As you may know, Easter
is always the 1st Sunday after the 1st full moon after the Spring
Equinox (which is March 20). This dating of Easter is based on the lunar
calendar that Hebrew people used to identify passover, which is why it
moves around on our Roman calendar. =A0
Found out a couple of things you might be interested in! =A0 Based on
the above, Easter can actually be one day earlier (March 22) but that is
pretty rare. This year is the earliest Easter any of us will ever see
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: The next
time Easter will be this early (March 23) will be the year 2228 (220
years from now). The last time it was this early was 1913 (so if you're
95 or older, you are the only ones that were around for that!). The next
time it 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! Have A
Happy Easter Sunday 2008 FRIENDS! ~Tom Coss~=A0
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