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How come Easter is not as big holiday as Christmas and Thanksgiving.
People still work on Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Eve, and some even works on Easter Sunday
Look to your corporations to find the answer. Christmas and Thanksgiving is more commercialized by the market place and they want to “sell” you something.
As for people still working,,, it’s again corporations and the bottom line – making a buck. Sadly corporate America doesn’t want to let people off work and it affects their profits.
Corporations (for the most part) seem to have little morality credibility or honesty in dealing with society. Why would they have any concerns about Easter or Good Friday? They are who they are for the most part.
I should say corporations CEOs, executive officers and their board of directors are the problems.
Because Easter doesn't have a traditional, secular, adult activity.
Thanksgiving is all about getting together with family/friends to eat. No religious interpretation.
Christmas is almost all about getting and giving gifts, decorating, and eating. It's a retail-driven holiday which overwhelms the religious significance.
Easter has the Easter Bunny but Easter Baskets remain something primarily given to children and little money needs to be spent. There's little retail support to increase consumer spending. The religious roots of the holiday remain dominant and, therefore, participation by the general population remains lukewarm.
I agree with the gist of these answers. I'm not quite so cynical about Christmas -- I do think it's taken on a greater significance for us non-religious people besides just commerce -- but overall I'd agree that Easter doesn't really have an adult non-secular component, while the easter bunny part doesn't take much time OR money.
For me personally, the highlight of modern Easter is the post-holiday chocolate sales. Then again, I'm (a) not religious, and (b) not a child. I think it remains a big deal for kids who have egg hunts and easter baskets, as well as important, of course, for those people who are religious. I would hope that those people who do celebrate it are able to take the time off from work, if scheduled to work that day.
I think LIGuy1202 hit it on the head. I also think another reason is because the actual day always falls on a Sunday, which many people already have off from work anyway.
I agree with the gist of these answers. I'm not quite so cynical about Christmas -- I do think it's taken on a greater significance for us non-religious people besides just commerce -- but overall I'd agree that Easter doesn't really have an adult non-secular component, while the easter bunny part doesn't take much time OR money.
For me personally, the highlight of modern Easter is the post-holiday chocolate sales. Then again, I'm (a) not religious, and (b) not a child. I think it remains a big deal for kids who have egg hunts and easter baskets, as well as important, of course, for those people who are religious. I would hope that those people who do celebrate it are able to take the time off from work, if scheduled to work that day.
I agree as well. When I worked in the hospital setting, I worked 8 hours on many an Easter. Ditto when I did home health; there are always patients that need to be seen. A lot of times, frankly, Easter was just another day.
Also, don't discount the time of the year. For most, this is when spring is just getting started, there is an outward feeling of optimism, which I believe stifles the inward celebration of religious holidays to some extent. And the fact that there is no day off for most, makes the celebration somewhat less intense.
People for whom Easter is THE No. 1 religious holiday usually take the days (like Holy Thursday and Good Friday) off on their own to observe their religious beliefs.
I know that in some European countries, Easter is a big deal and they get off for Easter Monday. My sister found this out a few years ago when she worked for a tree service that employed some Polish immigrants. When they'd left for the weekend, they said "See you Tuesday." My sister and the boss thought they were kidding. When they didn't show up on Monday, my sister called to see where they were and the worker were appalled that they had been expected to work that day. They were also hungover.
easter isn't a big deal because there are no secular traditions that allow you to get a bunch of presents or stuff your face with food. it's often seen as a "dull" holiday for the non-religious with nothing but easter egg hunts and awful pastels everywhere you look lol. but for those who commemorate the resurrection of christ, easter is every bit as significant as christmas
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