How do people celebrate easter in the UK?

Question

How do peopl celebrate easter in the UK?
Do people celebrate easter in the UK? Shall I send egreeting to my british friends?

How do people celebrate easter in the UK?

My friends are not relegious! Would it seem odd if I sent them an e greeting?

Answer 1

Nobody I know really bothers, maybe an easter egg hunt, but thats about it..

Answer 2

Mostly an excuse for eating chocolate eggs in UK and having a day or two off work, unless your friends are religious, in which case they might appreciate an egreeting.

Answer 3

im from the united kingdom and we do have fun easter if have been Christians, thats abit of an extraordinary question, so which you would be able to deliver egreeting enjoying cards on your British friends, and to respond to your 0.33 question, human beings have fun easter in yet differently however the main worry-unfastened is a sunday roast with the full relatives around the table.

Answer 4

some people celebrate the religious aspect with church attendance most people celebrate the fact that there is a few days off from work with a short break away.Years ago when times were not so affluent we would have Chicken for dinner which was a luxury then

Answer 5

If your friends are not religious why would you send them an e-card to celebrate a religious celebration?

Yes it is celebrated in the UK. We get 4 days of work that i like a lot!

DEE I'm a Muslim living in England and your talking Poo ( to use a polite word). There is nothing about Easter being celebrated that is in any way shape or form offensive to Muslims. Like you are ever gonna "NOT" do anything because its offensive to Muslims. How about not stereotyping us, could you do that maybe?

Answer 6

Had I been off work, I would have gone on the Sunday School Union's annual Good Friday march of witness. I've gone on the march since I was a bairn, first with my Sunday School and then with my (different to the Sunday School) church. It's good fun. We'd pass the Mosque and often the Muslim families that lived near it would come out to see the 'parade' The children would be encouraged to clap along with our 'songs' (We have a Salvation Army band leading us) by their mothers. That is one of my favourite bits. Seeing two communities interacting on such a special day.

Today, however, I have been on nightshift and the march would have been a crawl for me so I'm here on Y!A but there are a few good documentaries on this evening. I saw the Manchester Passion which was absolutely brilliant..

I was going to be having spaghetti bolognaise for tea. Both my senior and the early shift senior have called me a heathen for having mince instead of fish. The latter went to on to remind me that He died for me. Oh, well I know that but it's always good to hear it.

However, I have no truc with manmade traditions and the fishy thing isn't mentioned in the Bible. I didn't have the spag boll in the end. I had a ham salad; dead pig instead of dead cow. That's even worse, apparently, I was informed by the girl I was working with that it's unlucky to say the word 'pig' on a Friday (!!!!!!!). She regretted telling me that. However, I have too much respect for my seniors to say that to their faces though so I just said 'yep' to the accusation of being a heathen and an emphatic 'yep' when they said that He died for me. They very nearly got an emphatic 'Amen and Hallelujah.'

Oh by the way, when I was younger, I had penpals from all over the world and I would send all of them Christmas cards (I've never been one for Easter cards but I suppose it applies too) and when one Muslim lad asked why when it meant nothing to him, I told him that it did to me and whether he believed in it or not, I wanted God to bless him. Who can argue with that?

Answer 7

we have national holiday banks close good Friday only Friday they do .... exchange Easter cards choco eggs Easter bunnies ..go to religious service whatever denomination ..paint hard boiled eggs .. mm cant think of anything else sure others will add

Answer 8

we have a few days of work if not doing a vital job ,a lot of people pack up and go away to places of interest and spend lots of dosh ,i would usually go to work but dont have any at the moment as a roofer till thursday ,some christians will spend time at the church etc .bla bla so on....going out to my daughters birthday dinner tonight hmmmmm food

Answer 9

All depends on if you've got kids or not. I used to go on the P I SS all weekend now i sit in the garden and have a few cans with my mates

Answer 10

do what your heart tells you..right now I am celebrating Easter with chocalate, wine and my girl friends family, cleaning up etc; having put aside the news and enjoying the sun and thanking Jesus Christ for giving us a bank holiday..yipeeee