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Pancake day on Tuesday.


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Fat Tuesday or Faschnacht (sp?) day in Germany is the day before Ash Wednesday, when Lent begins. Ash Wednesday marks 40 days before Easter, methinks. Not exactly sure how that works on a leap year.

 

Leap year makes no effect on celebration of lent.

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Pancake day rocks! :up:

 

The celebration of pancake day (or Shrove Tuesday as it should actually be called) is the day where people would use up their stocks of fatty foods (that's why its also called Fat Tuesday), such as milk and eggs, before the start of Ash Wednesday, the day that marks the start of Lent and the rememberance of the 40-day and night fast of Christ. Lent last for 40 days until Easter Sunday.

 

Traditionally, people give up something for Lent. Last year I gave up hard work, this year I'm giving up thinking... :lol:

 

Actually, a couple of us were having a discussion the other day at work about how if someone gave up chocolate for Lent, whether that just means chocolate bars or whether that covers hot chocolate, chocolate biscuits and chocolate cakes too. I think she was just looking for a get-out clause to eat some choc over Lent!! :D

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A kid in my English class is "giving up" being mean to people for Lent...so on Tuesday, he had to work off 40 days' worth of teasing, etc. :roll:

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...i know...

 

it just kinda bugs me.

 

been freezing my knackers off here.

 

had to scrape my windscreen the other day.

 

snowed yesterday too.

 

hot my fat behind....

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