How do you Brits do Easter weekend?

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devensega@reddit

When I was young I'd go out with my mates and get proper fucked on a bank holiday bender.

Now I'm old I'll mow the lawn and cook a roast. Maybe lamb.

I'll eat some chocolate.

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Demostravius4@reddit

I've done some gardening, cooking a roast this evening, and eaten a chocolate egg.

Simple!

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Same. We (late 30s-early 40s) were discussing and reminiscing on the Easter weekends of yore when we'd hit the boozer asap after 5 on a Thursday straight from the office and fight through the crowds 10 deep at the bar to get served and just go until Sunday afternoon. Everyone was the same, atmosphere was great. Now with remote/hybrid working and teams based all over the country, that doesnt seem to exist for the younger folk. Even the pubs we'd go to 10 years ago are either closed or dying a slow, pitiful death. I dont even drink anymore

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Kind_Ad5566@reddit

Good old days.

4 days in Gt Yarmouth.

Pubs shutting at 2pm, opening again at 5.

Lucky if we ate a KFC all weekend.

Now, just looking forward to a quiet pint with the Mrs and maybe a family meal.

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thefishingdj@reddit

Sunday drinking on a bank holiday weekend... Ah good times.

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smokeyjoe03@reddit

Friday and Monday are bank holidays, which means a lot of people get two extra days off work (RIP hospitality and retail workers). Being the first bank holiday weekend after the clocks have gone forward, it also means people will try and get their BBQ going but it will inevitably rain.

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Wallygonk@reddit

So we basically just eat a shit tonne of food indoors whilst watching telly for 4 days straight. A bit like Christmas really but without the decorations, presents and songs.

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Theal12@reddit

it snowed this morn in Scotland

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Routine-Slide6121@reddit

So a northern christmas?

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tyhopho@reddit

I plan to spend the morning in bed with a packet of yellow sticker M and S hot cross buns doom scrolling until my existential dread doesn’t know whether it’s coming or going and I’ll then get up.

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

It’s a bank holiday weekend, I’ve kidnapped my little granddaughter from London and we’re eating sweets and being silly. On Sunday I’m cooking roast for us and brother in law and his gf..

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HumorPsychological60@reddit

This is so sweet and joyful :)

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sbaldrick33@reddit

You should watch Watership Down. Charning Brirish Easter tradition. 🐇

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FantasticWeasel@reddit

Make sure you invite lots of kids over to enjoy this nice cartoon movie about bunnies, I will never forget watching it as a child.

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steve3000daddy@reddit

I’m 51 yrs old. I refuse to watch it even now.

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fezzuk@reddit

"When the wind blows" is pretty relevant right now lovely film

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

Oh dear, I'd better bring the washing in.

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Ok-Direction-8257@reddit

The cake will be burned!

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AdorableEmu5386@reddit

😭

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Rex__Luscus@reddit

I remeber 'Protect and Survive' being shown in schools in the late 1960s - nightmare fuel.

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JumpinJackCilitBang@reddit

Unlikely - the Protect and Survive info campaign ran from 1974 -1980.

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Rex__Luscus@reddit

Yes, I misrembered. I was actually thinking of "The War Game" 1965

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Nigelb72@reddit

And Threads

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Nigelb72@reddit

54.. watched it as a child once... Refuse to watch it ever again... Same applies to Threads and When The Wind Blows!!!

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FantasticWeasel@reddit

Same, what were the adults thinking in the 80s?

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Informal-Tour-8201@reddit

"There's a dog loose in the woods"

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metal_maxine@reddit

Had a friend whose mum plonked her in front of the "nice cartoon about bunnies" when she was four. She became a goth.

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Aware_Ad_431@reddit

Harrowing

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DogtasticLife@reddit

🎶 Bright eyes 🎶 😭😭😭😭

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Thatchers-Gold@reddit

Scarred me so much as a kid I get flashbacks from the bath ales logo

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PresentationOld4693@reddit

And spend Easter bawling my eyes out! Every time I hear "Bright Eyes"I have to turn the radio off or I'm a wreck! 🥱😂

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Ok_Corner5873@reddit

Only thing I remember from Watership Down is the local cafe had a board that said, you've read the book, watched the film now taste the stew.

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GreatChaosFudge@reddit

I saw one that said “now meet the cast.”

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BertBlenkinsop@reddit

I'm going to watch that other fascinating Easter film Diehard....or was that fascinating Christmas film.

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narnababy@reddit

I read the book when I was about 8 and I remember thinking “wow this shouldn’t be in the school library” 😂

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BrokenBiscuits42@reddit

Watership down still haunts me to this day, could never put my kids through the same trauma

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sbaldrick33@reddit

It's character building. 😜

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Redheadedgypsyheart@reddit

made me chuckle

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Nigelb72@reddit

Evil person 🤣

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f8rter@reddit

Had to cancel holiday to Sri Lanka so bought 6 bottles of really good wine and get pissed

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Training-Trifle-2572@reddit

We eat and drink.

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Itchy_Measurement_53@reddit

Days of enjoyment to which everyone cheers Bank holidays come with a six pack of beer

And then it's back to work a.g. a.i.n

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Altruistic_Ad5444@reddit

Roast lamb with rosemary and mint sauce, red wine. Visit daughter and sil and give Easter eggs to the grandkids As it looks like stormy weather laze about on the couch or potter at home. If it was nice we might go out to a National Trust house or plant something in the garden. Chocolate orgy Possibly a video call from other relatives.

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Zahgurim65@reddit

Easter Sunday usually consists of chocolate, breakfast, chocolate, massive Sunday roast (sometimes lamb but this year it happens to be a turkey crown) with all the trimmings, watching TV, more chocolate, bed. This year will probably be no different. I can't recall Easter being much different when I was a kid except in the 70s when my mum was feeling churchy we'd be dragged off to church in uncomfortable clothes (checked worsted trousers which itched like hell) and suffered through an interminable service, go home and resume Easter Sunday as normal. It was a bit better when I was a kid though because at least someone else was doing the cooking.

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MomentoVivere88@reddit

Cook an epic roast dinner with a joint of meat far too large for me, Husband and toddler. Devour lots of chocolate in secret from the toddler. Try to relax and enjoy the extra two days off work. Attempt to get sugar filled toddler to sleep at a reasonable time.

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anoolfishha88@reddit

people dont really tak it serious like christmas, but expect very limited choices of shopping options on monday

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AcePlanespotting@reddit

Just another weekend, with an extra day off work for some people.

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atkinsoncjedi@reddit

pub .

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kernowgringo@reddit

Work on a ×2.75 shift allowance

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TheRealSlabsy@reddit

I'm not religious but I'll take their holidays.

Chocolate and booze for me.

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WallsendLad70@reddit

You don’t have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas. I’ll happily argue with any Christian who bangs on about the real meaning of Christmas - we celebrated that time of year long before the Christians took it over.

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Toc13s@reddit

It's not theirs, they nicked it. Just like Christmas

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keithmk@reddit

I just object to the enforced closure of shops on the sunday

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TheRealSlabsy@reddit

Oh, agreed, but let us not begrudge the lowest paid a break.

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SwordTaster@reddit

Chocolate

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braiding_water@reddit (OP)

You guys are pretty serious about your chocolates & sweets. It’s very hard not leaving London larger than when I arrived.

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SwordTaster@reddit

We have nothing on the rest of europe. We have decent chocolate but very little proper patisserie. My best friend's gf is a Dutch patissier and is thoroughly disappointed by how little variety we have

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nixtracer@reddit

We had decent chocolate... then the Americans got their hands on it. It's all rancid shit now 🙁

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WallsendLad70@reddit

I tried a bite of a Milky Bar egg this morning. Disgusting and nothing like the Milky Bar of my childhood. A combination of rotten milk, dog chocolate and plastic.

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SwordTaster@reddit

Idk, galaxy is still pretty good, and tesco own brand is better than one might imagine. And even Cadbury isn't as bad as most options in the US. Fuck, I miss good British chocolate since moving to America

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BaldAnchor_W@reddit

I'm not a Londoner, but this was me in Vegas - was getting worried i'd be requesting a belt extender on the plane and I was only there 5 days

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jamiecaptainwizard@reddit

Eat loads of chocolate and try to do gardening while it annoyingly rains, but still give thanks to nature and the equinox two weeks ago... Oh and listen to my kids moan as they had to miss their favourite lessons on the last day of school to have a special long Easter assembly else the school won't get it's funding from the church 🤣

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zonaa20991@reddit

I get up, I go to work, I go home, I go to bed, I repeat. It’s just another set of days

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Samovila2709@reddit

Eat chocolate eggs, especially Cadbury's and Mars.

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M1kbee@reddit

I try to be in work.

Double time just because some religious nutters want the world to stop.

Thank you, lunatics.

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wildflower12345678@reddit

Saturday is a normal Saturday. Friday and Monday are bank holidays, some lucky people don't have to work. I do. Its not special any more, it used to ve a bug deal. Its just a long weekend now. If tge weather's ok, there may be some bbqs happening. That's about it.

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ThatSamShow@reddit

We will eat some chocolate eggs and do the same thing we do most Sundays. Oh, and there are a few extra days off work.

We don't "celebrate" these religious events like other countries do. Actual attendance at religious services over Easter is low, with only about 5% of adults attending church weekly, and they estimate just 10% observe Easter entirely religiously.

It's just not a thing over here and is used for extra days off and gobbling chocolate eggs.

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BarryBigSpuds81@reddit

Personally I like to fake my own death Friday then prank people by coming back in the Monday

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GloxxyDnB@reddit

Easter Sunday. Let’s all get shitfaced!!!!!!

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MattyCatts1@reddit

Chicken for us this year. Lamb seems far too extortionate.

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TapeDeckSlick@reddit

I'm off camping

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Suspicious_Banana255@reddit

Don't drown

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FryOneFatManic@reddit

Shops have not been open on Easter Sunday for years, but I still see people trying to get into various stores when I drive by.

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Suspicious_Banana255@reddit

Nice long weekend off work, main options are to spend it stuck in traffic if you try to go anywhere, or argue while attempting DIY or have a family meal and eat chocolate until you're sick. I'm going with the 3rd option.

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Depress-Mode@reddit

Work and eat chocolate eggs to quell my sense of injustice that all of my friends get a 4 day weekend.

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RootVegitible@reddit

4 days of relaxation, hot cross buns, easter eggs, treats, lamb shank roast dinners, and fish n chips … all home made. Movies, and beer too.

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PresentationOld4693@reddit

It depends on whether you're a practising Christian or not. It's similar to Christmas now in that it's more about the chocolate eggs and fluffy bunnies than Jesus. It's still 'tradition' for us more mature people to have a roasted dinner.

For my family, as non-practising Christians/Agnostics it's no meat Friday evening meal - usually Fish and Chips, or home cooked fish or non-meat based meal (Cheese and Onion Flan with Baked Potato, Beans or Coleslaw. Saturday is a pretty normal day. D-I-Y if there's any to be done. Out in the garden if the weather is good. If we're very lucky with the weather a BBQ, or we go to the cinema. Easter Sunday is usually roasted lamb (we can't afford that now so we have chicken). We usually have a cheesecake or lemon based dessert as there's too much chocolate around already! Easter Monday is usually a visit to a Bank Holiday Market or Car Boot, depending on what's on and whether the weather is good or not.

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WoodenEggplant4624@reddit

Good food including some quality chocolate. Music, choral and opera. Two days off work which doesn't meanuvh now I'm retired.

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sparklybeast@reddit

Two extra days off work. Otherwise, as a non-religious diabetic I completely ignore it!

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BeginningWeak2484@reddit

Wuss, if you only had a little faith in Jesus Christ our lord and saviour you could eat chocolate eggs just like the rest of us.

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keithmk@reddit

I have my annual diabetes check next week, blood test on tuesday, diabetes nurse bollocking at the end of the week, so easter eggs put off for 7 days

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smnthb90@reddit

Or, hear me out here, eat all the easter eggs, raise that hba1c up a bit (it'll take some serious effort to raise it all that much in a few days but if any time of year is the time to try it, easter is), get the bollocking but then next year, save the easter eggs and look like you've made a nice improvement

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Ok-Explanation1990@reddit

Hot cross buns for breakfast.

They are 2 a penny. I even give them to my daughter and my son.

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Old_Introduction_395@reddit

Go to the seaside. It rains. Sit in the car looking at the rain. Buy an ice-cream. It melts.

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DaToasta@reddit

Get big Barry mash up in a field to a dozen sound systems clashing. Race to remix the news coverage, peak.

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Historical_Project86@reddit

Even as a young adult Brit, I occasionally used to get caught out by turning up to a supermarket on Sunday and expecting it to be open.

In theory it's the biggest religious holiday. In practice it's getting weirder and weirder, with invented/adopted conventions like sending cards.

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misskittygirl13@reddit

We drink. A lot.

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Longjumping_Car3318@reddit

Trying not to explode with stress tbh

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BarefootBagLady@reddit

I don't 'do' Easter now my kids are all older, we still have a roast lamb dinner though. We just chill together. It hasn't ever been a huge deal for us previously either, the kids got eggs and took part in Easter activities at school. We are not religious so feels a bit wrong to go all in tbh

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braiding_water@reddit (OP)

Do you color eggs & Easter bunny stuff?

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BarefootBagLady@reddit

They made cards and took part in the Easter bonnet parade at nursery and early primary school (v competitive lol) Made cards and did the colouring. The dyed eggs, painted eggs and learned about the Easter story, and also what other cultures and religions (historical and present) celebrated and their traditions etc

I went with new beginnings and spring being the time that most animals were having babies and all the trees and plants started to awaken, but also to respect others in their beliefs.

There are a few events where I live, there is one huge egg rolling locally. Various Easter egg hunts etc.

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AdorableEmu5386@reddit

Little kids paint eggs, make easter bonnets (using card, tissue and crepe paper, or make little baskets from card and tiny fluffy chick ornaments, and roll their eggs (chocolate) in the park, with adults organising easter egg hunts for the kids or at least when I was growing up. I don't think there's a one size fits all way to mark the occasion these days.

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New-Replacement-7638@reddit

Fish and chips on good Friday, chocolate eggs and roast on Sunday, bbq on bank holiday Monday. Try and do some DIY. Forget just how closed everything is Sunday/Monday.

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Embarrassed-Ad-605@reddit

Food, tv, chocolate 🍫

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Senor_Pus@reddit

Beer, 72 hour sesh.

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NinjaTeaDrinker@reddit

Gardening

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Normalscottishperson@reddit

Cocaine and Yorkshire puddings.

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Johny_boii2@reddit

Going to work

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AndrewHinds67@reddit

I'll be sorting my garage out.

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dallasp2468@reddit

Catch up on all the jobs around the house, whilst eating cheap chocolate. Not this year though as Cadburys is now shite.

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JorgiEagle@reddit

From my time working in a chippy, apparently EVERYONE gets fish and chips on Good Friday.

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lucylucylane@reddit

Gos down the pub and eat giant chocolate eggs

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PatchyWhiskers@reddit

Buy children giant chocolate eggs. Also buy yourself a giant chocolate egg.

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Tea_Ve@reddit

Chocolate and then working out what day the Bon goes out and what bits of the egg boxes can be recycled

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BaldAnchor_W@reddit

Shit. Forgot about the bins, genuinely glad you posted this and had to send my gratitude.. thank you!!

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BaldAnchor_W@reddit

Back in the day i'd do my best Jesus impression. Go missing on the Friday and come back on the Monday. Now i reminisce about those sensible historic times while working through it all.

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DasSockenmonster@reddit

Eat my body weight in chocolate, yeah... That's about it.

I'm not at all religious, I just see it as an excuse to eat chocolate.

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terryjuicelawson@reddit

Big supermarkets have to close Easter Sunday. It is a big holiday in terms of people off work / school but not really with anything specific that people do. Some like to have a big roast dinner. Or go away for the weekend. Visit family. Eat chocolate eggs.

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kimlesim@reddit

Big supermarkets don’t have to close on Easter.

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Spare-Egg24@reddit

Easter is a big one for impact on shops/services. Supermarkets etc will be shut on Sunday some might have reduced hours on Monday.

I think they legally have to close for 2 holiday days a year and most do this on Christmas day and Easter Sunday

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kimlesim@reddit

The big supermarket next to me is only closed Christmas Day

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DaddyStoat@reddit

Most of the bigger shops will be closed. Corner shops, takeaways, Tesco Express, garages, etc will be open and doing business as usual.

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braiding_water@reddit (OP)

Ah! Good to know. I was wondering & I did pick up some things from the market today in case Sunday was closed.

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MrBarberella@reddit

Whether or not the shops are open depends where you are.

In Scotland, basically everything is open roughly as normal, there’ll be exceptions. Supermarkets will be open their usual hours, except Aldi and Lidl. Other shops will be open as normal for the most part. Places that shut public holidays will be shut Friday and Monday I expect.

The first time I found myself in England on Easter I found out it was quite a different story. A lot more places were closed.

I have no experience of Wales at Easter so I don’t know about there.

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kimlesim@reddit

I was looking for someone to comment on Scotland. All the English people saying shops are closed in the UK when it just simply isn’t true 😂 Easter just isn’t as big of a deal here basically like Valentine’s Day again.

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Realistic-River-1941@reddit

"Oh bugger it's this week? Why don't they just fix the date? [Dives down Wikipedia rabbit hole] So why don't they just fix the date?"

God is long dead, and Easter isn't as monetisable as Christmas.

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Any-Republic-4269@reddit

We go to Aldi tomorrow to buy lamb

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mralistair@reddit

In scotlnad the thing is to decorate eggs and then go and roll them down a hill.

though it might have been a thing our family took more seriously than others.

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YourLittleRuth@reddit

Easter Egg hunt for our children. They are in their late thirties. The concealing of eggs and tiny, fluffy chicks in our garden has become an art form. What is worse, when they have recovered all the hidden objects, they then hide them for their unfortunate parents to seek.

There is usually a substantial meal of some kind, but this year it will be fish pie rather than roast beast, as Child #1 is going to fiance's parents for Easter Sunday and I doubt they will want two roasts in a row.

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BertBlenkinsop@reddit

Get into your car and go sit in traffic. Get to where you were going just in time to start the journey back, then sit in traffic.

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AdorableEmu5386@reddit

UK Easter Bank Holiday - chocolate, DIY, gardening, go the pub a couple of extra nights since it's a bank holiday and curse the crappy bank holiday weather (which looks like it's going to outdo the traditional crappy bank holiday weather by a considerable margin this year) be glad it's a 4 day working week next week, count down the days until the next bank holiday at the end of the month.

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Otherwise-Plane8282@reddit

As normal I’ll be working, some of us don’t get Easter off

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AlexisJordanGFlame@reddit

What you do is you take two days of leave either side of the weekend, have a full week off, which is somewhat required as Monday is used to feel like fat and greasy from all the chocolate and gravy.

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Sensitive-Vast-4979@reddit

Go to me nanas , get given easter eggs , go home , that about it . Or we get the eggs like 3 weeks in advance and probs eat them early cos why not .

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weedywet@reddit

I rise from the dead.

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One_Complex6429@reddit

Easter eggs, church and lamb Sunday roast dinner with family

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AkihabaraWasteland@reddit

It's usually during school holidays so travel is sometimes on the cards. If people are at home, some have a roast lamb or something. I don't know any Christians really, all our social circle and families are atheist so don't really know what the god botherers do.

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downandoutitis@reddit

I love to celebrate this annual holiday. Celebrating when the Jesus did turn some water in to the Chocolate eggs for the hungry and gluttonous. Rejoice one and all.

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DustInTheMachine@reddit

I can't believe how ignorant you are .

The actual story is that He was stuck in a cave and the Easter Bunny was out delivering chocolate eggs and heard his muffled cries for help before rolling away the rock blocking the cave entrance and freeing Him .

That's why we still give chocolate eggs - to remember the bunny and the rock and the freedom of Christ .

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downandoutitis@reddit

So what you’re telling me is that my parents lied to me, and my parents parents too. No doubt my parents parents parents lied to my parents parents who in return lied to my parents who in return lied to me. 😫. What a lie I’ve lived. That may explain why I grew to be a cunt then.

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Low-Home-8501@reddit

Amen

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metal_maxine@reddit

Eat roast lamb on the Sunday. I am not looking forward to this because my mum died and I am likely the person nominated to cook the lamb.

Some religiously sincere people go to Church (and probably some insincere people as well. Schools affiliated with churches have a weird - probably unearned - cachet and getting an affidavit from a priest/vicar saying that you're a nice committed parishioner is part of getting your child in. My friend achieved this with a bottle of alcohol, which is a lot less bother).

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Orange_Codex@reddit

I've got the Triduum masses to attend (Catholic), and will have a big meal to break the fast - then join fellow Brits at the pub. A lot of people also visit family over Easter, so the roads will be busier than normal. If you're going on a route that's already disrupted (e.g. by roadworks), find another way to travel.

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braiding_water@reddit (OP)

I am in for a long visit. I like to wander around and find interesting shops. Finding there are a ton of of high & crazy high end clothing shops.

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Orange_Codex@reddit

Check out the occult bookshops in London: The Atlantic and Treadwell's. There's a fantastic wine bar not far from Treadwell's with a wide New World selection.

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artrald-7083@reddit

I'm one of the comparatively rare devout Christians. We go to church on the Friday and the Sunday - I might actually go twice on the Sunday - and have a big meal with family on Sunday or Monday. We give chocalate eggs as presents, and usually celebrate the end of our fast with a party. It's not a huge holiday for most people, but it is a 4 day weekend so a lot of people go on holiday.

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Figgzyvan@reddit

Decorating.

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LiquoricePigTrotters@reddit

Shops will be closed on Sunday. Other than that long weekend.

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BeaksFalcone@reddit

British but this year I've had enough and upset alot of the mums in my family,Easter is usually one day where kids do a hunt and eat chocolate eggs but it's not enough..I never had easter as a child so I'm doing 'eastertime',like 'summertime',I've already bought and eaten lots of eggs and given lots out to the kids in our family, my kids had many and I got even more today,there's no law saying we can't celebrate Jesus over more than one day.

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Defiant_Practice5260@reddit

It's when the Mrs says go and put up those shelves, and you hear go and get smashed in the pub

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MacaronSea6953@reddit

Chocolate. Hot cross buns. And a nice roast!

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PipBin@reddit

On Easter Sunday in England it is illegal for shops over a certain size to open. This was the trade off when Sunday opening started. Small shops, like convenience stores will be open but supermarkets and larger stores will be shut.

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StarSpotter74@reddit

Jesus said "You can't open the big Tescos, but little Tescos is fine. Crack on"

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StarSpotter74@reddit

Good Friday - big queue at the chippy Saturday - nowt Easter Sunday - maybe church for some, chocolate, roast dinner, booze Monday - maybe a walk "this is nice isn't it, I wish every week was 4 days haha", lazing on the sofa

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Ok_Hand813@reddit

Nowadays probably work work and just well more work

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THE-HOARE@reddit

Only thing I celebrate for Easter is chocolate and a four day weekend.

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N64Andysaurus92@reddit

Good Friday people eat hot cross buns, nothing special on Saturday usually and then on Easter Sunday, some people go to Church, roast dinner for lunch, usually lamb and then go on a walk or Easter Egg hunt and then people sit in front of the TV and eat chocolate eggs. More of the same on Easter Monday. Shops are closed Sunday and hours reduced on Monday.

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New_Line4049@reddit

The Friday and Monday around the weekend are bank holidays, this means banks are closed. Traditionally this meant all buisnesses would shut down too and everyone got 2 extra days off work. These days a lot of buisness does shutdown, but some retail, particularly supermarkets/grocery stores still open, just on reduced hours. Its pretty common for restraunts, pubs, and other entertainment establishments to be open too, but you may pay increased prices, and may have to book ahead to guarantee getting in, lots of people go out for the day, or for a meal etc. Many attractions you might go to for a day out will run special events over the weekend, often aimed at kids. Easter egg hunts are common. People, especially with kids, paint boiled eggs and eat lots of chocolate (in the shape of eggs, but bigger)

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highrisedrifter@reddit

I don't do easter weekend. Couldn't give a shit, TBH.

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Mikon_Youji@reddit

A lot of people have a roast of some sort, eat a shir load of chocolate eggs, and enjoy time off work.

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magicpjj@reddit

Friday and Monday off work, more chocolate in shops than normal, busy traffic on roads, standard bank holiday weekend really

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Novel-Preparation511@reddit

Chucking eggs downs hills 🗣🗣

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bloomsburysquare@reddit

Because it's a few extra days off I tend to try to meet up with friends and have a long pub session if I can. This time round I'm meeting some friends in the pub on Saturday and I expect to get quite smashed.

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joe_smooth@reddit

This guy Easters

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Redheadedgypsyheart@reddit

I catch up on chores to be honest. Its the first year I won't be buying an easter egg either - the exorbitant cost and manipulative marketing of them, combined with the change in the ingredients means I'm done with easter eggs.

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EconomicsPotential84@reddit

Most brits will do what they do most bank holiday or religious holiday, they will drink, and have a roast on Sunday.

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en70uk@reddit

Some stores above a certain square foot are closed on the Sunday but it’s just another weekend

Some people will take their annual trip to a church to celebrate something that didn’t happen but at least it keeps them happy

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Worried-Penalty8744@reddit

Eat some chocolate. Then walk the dog in the woods while eating some chocolate. Then chill at home with some chocolate.

Shops aren’t open apart from the bossman and I can always rely on them for chocolate if I somehow run out of Easter chocolate

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Seaside83@reddit

4 day weekend, DIY, a few drinks, chocolate, and good food. Not bad.

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RufusWorld@reddit

Visiting my mum

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tadpole-bear@reddit

Sit in a big traffic jam on a motorway for Good Friday, then in a different traffic jam the other way for Easter Monday. In-between, chocolate, pub.

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Nigelb72@reddit

We're going out for an Italian as it's what Jesus would have wanted... Good fine and some wine 🙏🏻

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Aggravating_Cloud657@reddit

Bank holiday weekend and chocolate.

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asymmetricears@reddit

A lot of shops will be closed Sunday as a result of the Sunday trading act. Shops below a certain size can still open.

A lot of people use the time to travel, seeing as there are an extra couple of days off work. Schools are on holiday at the moment, so families may be taking a holiday.

Me personally, I'm going on my stag do.

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JeniJ1@reddit

We have a big family meal, but we do that relatively often anyway, Easter is mostly just an excuse!

Other than that, I eat certain foods that are "only for Easter" - hot cross buns, Simnel cafe, chocolate eggs - and we might get some extra DIY done as my husband has a couple of days off work!

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jake_burger@reddit

I’m going to be working because other people are off work so they want entertaining things to do.

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DollySheep32@reddit

Currently nothing - my parents are decorating so the house smells of paint and my lungs are very much not a fan. I'm also not a fan of chocolate so no eggs for me!

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morbidcuriosity123@reddit

Working all weekend. But I will eat more chocolate over the weekend than I normally do in a month or so.. something about easter egg chocolate, yum

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kalendral_42@reddit

Friday & Monday are bank holidays so shops will either open late & shut early, or be shut completely (same on Easter Sunday).

Some people will see it as a religious holiday & so will attend various church services, & might follow various religious rules l/traditions around things like food (lent, etc)

For more secular people it will be treated as more of a social holiday & they’ll either be off on a short holiday for the long weekend/visiting family/having a family dinner (often something like roast lamb/chicken) There will also be a lot of people out for pub lunches or community events (fairs, etc) or family walks & things if the weathers at all nice

And of course there will be an absolute s**t tonne of chocolate consumed, usually egg themed

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Spottyjamie@reddit

The last few years (at least in my city!) has had quite mild weather over easter so easter sunday is popular for pubs/bars/popup outdoor bars during the day

But typically…

Good friday- eat fish Easter saturday- regular saturday, maybe take the kids to a park if dry Easter sunday- pre kids go drinking, now with kids eater egg hunt in the gsrden if dry and eat chocolate

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Squeak_Stormborn@reddit

It's a 4 day weekend and my husband buys me chocolate 🤷‍♀️ that's about it, really. No complaints from me. Good benefit for little payout.

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FakeyName88@reddit

Spring clean Take rubbish to the tip Tidy up the garden Roast lamb on Sunday Chocolate eggs Lazy Monday

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jxanno@reddit

Four day weekend. Easter egg. Hot cross buns. Might have a roast dinner. If you're one of the few people religious enough to go to church twice in one year this is one of the days.

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Fishfilteredcoffee@reddit

Friday is for fish & chips, and Sunday is for lamb roast and chocolate. Otherwise, you’ll probably find that more shops and other things are closed on Sunday and have shorter opening hours on Monday, but it’s not as shut down as things are on Christmas Day.

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evelynsmee@reddit

Stuff will be shut on Sunday.

We will be drunk.

People might eat a chocolate egg

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You asked "is it a big holiday" - I don't know how you define that.

It's a holiday.

Some people do stuff. Some don't.

Banks and stuff might be closed.

Fun facts

https://www.google.com/search?q=fun+fact+about+easter

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Fabulous_Function666@reddit

I will be at work but I will get an Easter egg

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