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Thread #108238   Message #2250464
Posted By: PoppaGator
01-Feb-08 - 11:05 AM
Thread Name: BS: Why the huge gap between Easters?
Subject: RE: BS: Why the huge gap between Easters?
This year Easter is almost as early as possible. I know this mostly because Mardi Gras is on a very early date ~ February 5, next Tuesday.

Mardi Gras (Fat Tuesday) is the last day before Lent, which is a 40-day period before Easter. Forty days not counting Sundays, that is...