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Mar. 23, 2008 - Happy Easter Columbus

This is a Real Living eCard. There are no tulips in Central Ohio yet this year because Easter is soooooo early this year.

Happy Easter ... At least our snow Saturday did not stick. I went to an Easter Service that started outside the church last night with a bonfire. It was cold and windy. When we were driving home from the Easter Vigil we got on the subject of how the date for Easter is figured.

I know I have looked it up other years, but I could not remember why the wild fluctuations in the calendar year to year.

During the outside part of the service last night I kept thinking about people in Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota... those states got snow the end of this past week... lots of snow. We are lucky our big snowfall from two weeks ago is all gone.

It's math, science, history and religion, both Judaism and Christianity that determines what day Easter falls on each year... and yes this year is very, very early.

Thanks to Ann Arbor Michigan real estate blogger Karen Moorehead for the scoop.. Why is Easter early this year?

Karen wrote ( I think it is a quote...)

“This is the earliest Easter in nearly a century – the last time Easter fell this early was in 1913... The holiday (or holy day) won’t fall again on March 23 – which is the second-earliest day possible – until 2160.

Interestingly the latest it will be in our lifetimes is in 2038. That year, Easter is on the latest day possible: April 25.”

Ann Arbor has a fresh 8.5 inches of snow on the ground...

I'd love to hear from you if you have a comment on the topic of Easter or weather. All comments are moderated so you will not see your comment immediately. Thanks. Copyright 2008 Discover Columbus and Maureen McCabe

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