when I was younger good friday was a solem day
we had to be home for 3pm, no playing outside, mum didnt do any washing
had fish for tea
we always had a hot cross bun
it wasnt that long ago Im only 42 now
Anyone else have the same exerience or has it always been a normal day ?
we were not church goers but just respected that day
2007-04-05 23:27:09 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Holidays ➔ Easter
Yes I had the same experience and it should be respected.I still do.
2007-04-08 03:28:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
My parents were only nominally religious; Good Friday was, for them, usually a day to be spent in the garden (depending on weather). Even so, they regarded it as a 'quiet day' like an honorary Sunday. Shops were all shut. I was in a church choir so GF was in some respects a "working" day for me.
Shops opening happened gradually during the 1970s-1980s. Good Friday was never included in shop-hours legislation so shops could choose whether to open or not (it's not a bank holiday either, it's a holiday in common law (UK)).
My guess on why shops started to open on GF is because the retail trade became much more competitive around that time with the growth of supermarkets. Friday is one of the days when shop takings are traditionally at their best.
Note how nearly everywhere is shut on Easter Monday (which has no religious significance). Reason: Monday is usually a poor day for shops, and it means shop workers can have a two-day break. (This is why, when the Government at the time brought in the May Day holiday, it was stipulated as the first Monday in May, and not May 1 as it is in the rest of the EU.)
2007-04-06 17:41:20 · answer #2 · answered by Caslon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, and as a Christian I still do the same. We do the Church thing and I have set aside a special time to explain to the children just how high the price was that Jesus paid. But there are people all around us that act like it is nothing special. Just another day. I think that people have grown cold and they are so greedy that they make their people still work on Good Friday. It is really a sad thing that we have become so indifferent as a society. I am with you on this one! I have also noticed that for years, that Good Friday starts out really nice but around 12:00-3:00pm it gets really windy and the air gets dark with dirt, sometimes it is so bad that they have to shut down the roads. It is the only day of the year that I have noticed that this always happens. Kinda weird.
2007-04-06 06:36:08 · answer #3 · answered by gigi 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
My family has always celebrated good friday, we always eat greek salad, pita bread, filaffels, hummus, and whine...in silence. We all have to sit down for dinner at 6pm.
I grew up in a Catholic family, so thats why we have always celebrated it...because it is the day that Jesus died on the cross, you know...very important.
Than of course we go to church on saturday and sunday of that weekend.
I spose my experience is a little more Religious, all the same, tis worth respecting that day. God Bless:]
2007-04-06 06:36:26 · answer #4 · answered by lucy 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
What is the significance of being 'solemn'? That sounds pretty silly to me.
It's 'good' Friday.. be happy.
Surely if you believe that Jesus rose from the grave (which I do not!!!) then wouldn't you be happy in knowing that good friday brings on Easter Sunday?
And what does hot cross buns and fish have to do with it?
Why take off work for it?
2007-04-06 06:52:05 · answer #5 · answered by Vanora S 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Its not that dissimilar here in Sydney, few shops are open, most people avoid eating meat ! not just practising Catholics, i'm Protestant.
Easter Sunday is offcourse the day to celebrate new life ! Good friday was always solemn, not as much now but still respected.
2007-04-06 06:36:54 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We all would attend Church in the evening to honor the death of Christ with a candlelight service and communion. All the stores and businesses would be closed by noontime. My father rarely attended Church, but would so over the weekend. It was funny to me to hear him sing, "Christ, the Lord, has risen today...Alleluia..."
2007-04-06 07:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by gone 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was brought up the same way, yes we respected holy week. Nowadays does not matter, my nephews and nieces even had a barbecue on good Friday!!!
2007-04-08 09:12:59 · answer #8 · answered by Little miss naughty 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I remember it too! No shops open, fish always for dinner, and almost NOTHING on TV except religious programmes. How times have changed.
2007-04-06 06:30:44 · answer #9 · answered by jet-set 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was like that in the 30s but we have moved on and people do their own thing practice their religion or not which is how it should be
2007-04-06 06:33:05 · answer #10 · answered by srracvuee 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋