Easter Bank Holiday Weekend

This coming weekend, starting tomorrow 10th April, is known in the UK as the Easter Bank Holiday weekend. It is so called because it starts with a bank holiday on Good Friday and ends with a Bank Holiday on Easter Monday. The two Bank Holidays (public holidays) mean that many families will spend a long weekend away on holiday or visiting relatives.

Easter weekend is a favourite time for children in Britain, like in many countries around the world, as Sunday, Easter Day, will be the day when they will receive many chocolate eggs to eat.

Easter is the oldest and the most important Christian Festival, the celebration of the death and coming to life again of Jesus Christ. For Christians, the dawn of Easter Sunday with its message of new life is the high point of the Christian year.

Further Reading
What are bank holidays?
History of Bank Holidays
What is Good Friday?
Why the name ‘Good Friday’?
Easter Sunday / Easter
Easter Monday

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