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Pasqueflowers bloom in the spring, just in time for this holiday from which they get their name |
Easter
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$600 |
J |
WORLD HOLIDAYS |
2016-03-21 |
#7261 |
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The week after this holiday is National Egg Salad Week |
Easter
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$200 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
2012-12-28 |
#6510 |
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French kids get chocolate chickens on this spring holiday |
Easter
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$200 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
2007-04-27 |
#5220 |
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Mardi Gras is the day before Lent, the period of fasting that ends on this holiday |
Easter
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$400 |
DJ |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
2005-02-03 |
#4704 |
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The American Egg Board has declared Egg Salad Week for the week after this holiday |
Easter
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$100 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
2000-10-09 |
#3701 |
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This Christian holiday can fall as early as March 22 or as late as April 25 |
Easter
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$100 |
J |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
1997-06-19 |
#2964 |
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In the West this holiday is the first Sunday after the full Moon on or following the vernal equinox |
Easter
DD
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$500 |
J |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
1996-09-09 |
#2761 |
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1963 was a rare instance of the Eastern & Western Christian observances of this movable feast coinciding |
Easter
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$400 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1996-05-16 |
#2709 |
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In 1995 it occurred on April 16th; in 1996 it will occur on April 7th |
Easter
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$200 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1995-11-17 |
#2580 |
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Maundy Thursday falls 3 days before this religious holiday |
Easter
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$300 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1995-07-05 |
#2513 |
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The American Egg Board sponsors Egg Salad Week the full week after this holiday |
Easter
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$200 |
J |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
1995-01-10 |
#2387 |
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Traditionally, the egg roll on the White House lawn is the held the day after this holiday |
Easter
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$100 |
J |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
1994-06-24 |
#2275 |
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It falls on the Sunday after the first full moon on or after the vernal equinox |
Easter
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$200 |
J |
ANNUAL EVENTS |
1994-05-16 |
#2246 |
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The earliest that this holiday can occur is March 22; the latest, April 25 |
Easter
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$600 |
DJ |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1994-02-16 |
#2183 |
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This holy day may be named for an Anglo-Saxon spring goddess |
Easter
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FJ |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1992-09-25 |
#1850 |
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The need to keep this observance in its season led Pope Gregory XIII to fix the calendar |
Easter
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$3,000 |
DJ |
THE CALENDAR |
1991-07-04 |
#1594 |
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The most candy bought for a holiday is for this springtime one, not Valentine's Day |
Easter
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$100 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1990-05-14 |
#1326 |
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In 325 A.D. the Council of Nicaea established rules to determine the date for this holiday |
Easter
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$400 |
DJ |
HOLIDAYS |
1990-03-07 |
#1278 |
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This Christian holiday is also called the Feast of the Resurrection |
Easter
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$300 |
J |
HOLIDAYS & OBSERVANCES |
1990-02-09 |
#1260 |
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In 1963 the Vatican Council OK'd a resolution to fix the date of this observance |
Easter
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$400 |
J |
THE CALENDAR |
1988-09-05 |
#916 |