Today is Easter Monday, the day after Easter Sunday celebrations. It’s not a federal holiday here in the U.S. and most people go about their regular lives, but some areas still observe it. For example:
- North Dakota schools are closed on Easter Monday each year. The schools in some cities of New York, Michigan and Indiana also have a holiday on Easter Monday.
- Easter Monday was a public holiday in North Carolina from 1935-1987.
- Some communities hold egg rolling races on Easter Monday. Customs differ from one place to another, but the winner’s egg might be the one that rolls the farthest, survives the most rolls, or is rolled between two pegs.
- The best known egg rolling race in the U.S. is at the White House. A variety of family-friendly activities are part of the fun.
- The White House Easter egg collection involves a tradition begun in 1994 with each state sending a decorated egg to the White House for display. Artists from across the U.S. decorate eggs that represent each of the states and the District of Columbia. The artists vote among themselves to select the artist who will create the following year’s commemorative egg. That egg is presented to the President and First Lady.
So … what kind of Easter Sunday or Easter Monday traditions does your family have?
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Well lucky for us it is a holiday in South Africa. The schools close a week before (the Friday before Good Friday)and open the day after Easter Monday. For the rest of us who are working we have Friday to Monday free. Most families go on holiday on a Thursday (the day before Good Friday)after work, most go back to their birth places to celebrate with their parents and siblings and others just go on vacation, to the beach, camping; a weekend away @ one of our many national parks here in SA to see the Big Five! Those of us who are left behind go to church on Good Friday and on Easter Sunday and when we come back we have a nice braai (barbecue), a big tradition in SA, with family and friends and Easter egg hunts (for white families) on Sunday morning. Many black churches hold Easter conferences and we go to a campsite on Thursday evening and have an evening service when we get there and have up to 3 services on Friday, Saturday and Sunday with other fun activities in between and go back home on Easter Monday. Then it's back to work and school on Monday! Most employees take annual leave during this time and we don't see them for a whole month! Easter is really big here in SA and I don't know what would become of us if it was no longer a public holiday! We all look forward to it!
Sorry I forgot to sign my name for the above comment (Easter in South Africa). My name is Tlaleng Wilherminah Nakedi from Rustenburg SA.
I didn't realize Easter Monday was celebrated anywhere anymore.. Interesting fact of the day for me!
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