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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The proposed 2025/2026 calendar has many Muslim and Jewish religious holidays, but they scrapped Easter Monday...  
They really make a point of mentioning all religious holidays by name, but not Christmas or Easter, why?  [/quote]
Easter Monday isn't really a thing.  Easter is observed on Sunday.[/quote]

Incorrect.  Easter Monday is a Christian holiday.  It's observed as a national holiday in nearly all English speaking countries, including Great Britain, Canada, Australia, as well as in nearly all of Europe.[/quote]
That's cultural, not religious.  Just like if July 4th is on a Sunday, we'll get the day off on Monday.  That doesn't make the holiday the Monday.  Easter is on Sunday.[/quote]

Easter Monday is a holiday in the Catholic Church.

https://www.calendar-12.com/catholic_holidays/2024
https://www.catholicworldreport.com/2021/03/04/the-catholic-church-celebrates-easter-monday-under-the-title-monday-of-the-angel/[/quote]
As are Ash Wednesday, Maundy Thursday, Assention and Assumption.  That doesn't mean they're observed with school closures in the US.[/quote]

Also, Easter Monday IS a thing; but not something that is actually "practiced" or really observed here.

Sure, but I wasn't arguing that. The PP just said it wasn't a religious holiday. I answered it was.

But all those other holidays are observed with school closures in APS during spring break. [/quote]

Uh...no, they aren't. Maudy Tuesday is merely the day before Lent begins. Ash Wednesday is the first day of Lent. Ascension Thursday and Assumption have nothing to do with Easter and are not part of Holy Week. Holy week includes "holy Thursday" and "Good Friday." And Maudy Tuesday and Ash Wednesday are not "holidays." Actually, none of them are - they are considered "holy days."

But I agree with the comment above about not naming Christmas or Easter, but we are sure to name all the other religions' holidays. It's not inclusive to name the Christian ones, apparently. And they are lumped in with long school breaks; so they don't have to name them.[/quote][/quote]

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