Snow-Sun-Snow for the Easter holiday

This morning at 6 am it started to snow on Barga but by 9 am the early morning sun had already done its work and most of the white blanket had already disappeared. This afternoon the snow had another good attempt … (have a look at the video)  Strange, strange weather but then again, this is the earliest Easter for 95 years. Luckily we will only have to wait another 220 years for Easter to fall as early as this again. Easter is often seen as the start of what we might call "the season". With the weather being so bad because it's so early it will be a missed opportunity for some businesses. There is even some talk in the piazzas of opening up this weekend and then closing again for a few weeks till the warm weather arrives. There's a strong argument for fixing Easter some time in mid-April and aligning it better with the Easter holidays. Wouldn't it be far more sensible from the point of view of both schools and employers and people who work if there was an early spring holiday, probably around the first weekend in April ?

According to a formula set in AD325, Easter Sunday is always the first Sunday after the first full moon after the spring equinox. The earliest Easter Sunday can be is March 22 - one day before this year's - and the latest is April 25.

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