Me neither, but it’s just a culturally significant thing in Finland so you’ll see it in calendars, you realize it from getting a holiday from work/school, it’s mentioned casually in media a lot (traffic news, weather talking about “Easter weekend’s” weather) and so on. I would’ve imagined it was prominent enough in the US that it’d be hard not to notice.
Right? Even here in Czechia, which is like in the TOP 3 most atheistic countries in the world, everyone knows it’s Easter. And no one has a problem with it (nor with Christmas), everyone accepts is as part of cultural heritage. Some people in this thread have such a weird take.
Holidays predate capitalism by a couple millennia. They were always a nice brea and they still are. Except I work all of them, which is capitalism’s fault.
It’s one of the biggest Christian holidays so if you’re in a Christian country or around Christians, people might care. Also, holidays are always nice
I actually had no idea it was Easter until I started seeing posts about it.
Where are you from?
Northwestern part of the USA. I just don’t spend time around religious people I guess.
Me neither, but it’s just a culturally significant thing in Finland so you’ll see it in calendars, you realize it from getting a holiday from work/school, it’s mentioned casually in media a lot (traffic news, weather talking about “Easter weekend’s” weather) and so on. I would’ve imagined it was prominent enough in the US that it’d be hard not to notice.
I live in one of the more secular cities so it doesn’t really get talked about so much in daily life. I am thankful for it.
I don’t think Finland is very religious, it’s more cultural I’d say.
Right? Even here in Czechia, which is like in the TOP 3 most atheistic countries in the world, everyone knows it’s Easter. And no one has a problem with it (nor with Christmas), everyone accepts is as part of cultural heritage. Some people in this thread have such a weird take.
Holidays are not nice - it’s the capitalism they give us a miserly break from that is horrible.
Holidays predate capitalism by a couple millennia. They were always a nice brea and they still are. Except I work all of them, which is capitalism’s fault.
Snorted seeing this
Holidays are nice. Not that more free time wouldn’t be nice too.
Holidays on a weekend suck!
Or maybe you are just a Christian yourself as crazy as that might sound