Mar 29, 2004 14:03
20 yrs ago
English term
Current Easter's holiday in the US
English
Social Sciences
Social Science, Sociology, Ethics, etc.
I need to know when people start the Easter's holidays in the US now, whether people go to work on Thursday until midday [or if Thursday is holiday too] or they take more days off.
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| 4 +8 | Easter |
NGK
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| 5 +4 | There are no weekdays off in "Semana Santa" in the US |
Elena Sgarbo (X)
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| 3 +1 | Easter |
mbc
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Responses
+8
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Easter
Easter 2004 is April 11. The only holiday is Easter Sunday. People work as usual, though some may take time off around the holiday.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
+4
7 mins
There are no weekdays off in "Semana Santa" in the US
Hola aivars
Both Thursday and Friday of the week preceding Easter Sunday are normal working days here. Religious organizations often take Friday off.
During the week preceding Easter, children usually have their Spring break at school, which finishes on Easter Sunday or on the Monday after Easter. (This year here in FL the kids go back to school on Tuesday, Aptil 13, but this may vary in different places).
HTH
Elena
Both Thursday and Friday of the week preceding Easter Sunday are normal working days here. Religious organizations often take Friday off.
During the week preceding Easter, children usually have their Spring break at school, which finishes on Easter Sunday or on the Monday after Easter. (This year here in FL the kids go back to school on Tuesday, Aptil 13, but this may vary in different places).
HTH
Elena
Peer comment(s):
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Michele Johnson
: Agree with everything except the automatic association of spring break with Easter. Certainly some spring breaks coincide with Easter, but mine (in Idaho) never did, nor did I know anyone whose did. So "usually" might be over-doing it?
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Hi Michele. We've lived in OH, IL, & FL: spring break has always been the week of Good Friday. (See my comment again: in the part about schools & Easter I didn't write about an "automatic" date- just wanted to convey that many teachers ARE off that week!
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Kim Metzger
: I think "usually" is fair enough. Yes, there are exceptions, as Michele indicates.
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Thanks, Kim
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paula arturo
: I agree with Michele all the way. I never associated spring break with easter down in California.
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Thanks Paula, it's good to know how other states follow different practices re: spring break.
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Alexandra Tussing
8 hrs
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Thanks, Alexandra
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Mario Marcolin
: :)
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Mario, grazie! Saluti :-)
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8 mins
Easter
In many parts of the US public schools are closed Good Friday (April 9th) and Easter Monday (12th)
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Note added at 2 hrs 34 mins (2004-03-29 16:37:44 GMT)
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I´m not saying that public schools close specifically for Easter but on the East Coast spring break usually coincides with the week before Easter and unless there have been a lot of snow days Easter Monday is usually a holiday as well.
I have no idea about Idaho or California:))
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Note added at 2 hrs 34 mins (2004-03-29 16:37:44 GMT)
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I´m not saying that public schools close specifically for Easter but on the East Coast spring break usually coincides with the week before Easter and unless there have been a lot of snow days Easter Monday is usually a holiday as well.
I have no idea about Idaho or California:))
Peer comment(s):
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Michele Johnson
: Are you sure? I was never so lucky, and never knew any schools that did this (except religious schools).
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On most of the east coast it´s like this. I´ve lived, worked and studied up and down it
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Kim Metzger
: This is certainly no longer true - for public schools - because of the strict separation of church and state.
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paula arturo
: I went to a public school and never got time off for Easter
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Veronica Prpic Uhing
: Good Friday is holiday in Louisiana - and the spring break for kids starts on Thursday actually - 1/2 day of school - talking about public schools. We had similar Holidays in NC .
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Thanks!
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