| The Christian and Roman Catholic world | | | | Just like Boxing Day, Easter Monday is a public |
| commonly celebrates the day the Lord | | | | holiday that immediately proceeds another holiday. |
| resurrected on Easter Sunday. The secular world | | | | It's a time spent visiting friends and relatives, and |
| may celebrate Easter Sunday as a day full of egg | | | | is a time of rest from the activities done on |
| hunts, children's activities, meals with family and | | | | Easter Sunday. The Catholic Church holds a |
| friends, and a visit by the Easter Bunny. While | | | | "crucession" as well as a mass that is held |
| these have nothing to do with the religious | | | | specifically for Easter Monday. This mass is almost |
| observance of the day that Jesus Christ rose | | | | identical to the previous day's service, aside from |
| from the dead, it's a wonderful way to spend an | | | | some minor changes in hymns. After the |
| afternoon in a beautiful garden filled with people | | | | celebration of holy mass, citizens usually rest and |
| that you love. This, however, isn't what Easter is | | | | spend time with loved ones. |
| all about. | | | | Searching for more information on this UK holiday |
| What exactly happens on Easter Sunday? | | | | If you'd like to know more about Easter Monday, |
| Easter Sunday, as a religious celebration, is the | | | | there's a wealth of information to be found on |
| day that Jesus rose from the dead after 3 days | | | | this Internet about it. A quick search on Google |
| of death. The Catholic Church holds a special mass | | | | reveals many tidbits that one could use to help |
| during Easter Sunday, and so does the Christian | | | | him or her understand more about this largely |
| Church. In more traditional scenarios, | | | | Catholics celebration in the UK, and would also |
| merry-making and having fun between Maundy | | | | give some insight on some of the secular |
| Thursday up until before Easter Sunday is not | | | | activities that are involved during this day. |
| allowed, and so most celebrations (e.g. dinner with | | | | While it's easy to dismiss Easter Monday as a UK |
| friends and family) happen on Easter Sunday | | | | holiday that does not hold much significance as |
| itself, when the Lord has risen. | | | | the globally acknowledged Easter Sunday |
| The secular world participates in Easter Sunday | | | | preceding it, it just goes to show that much |
| through various activities and shopping mall | | | | worth is placed upon the Roman Catholic Holy |
| promotions. The Easter egg hunt also happens on | | | | Week in this part of the world. While other |
| this day, wherein children are given the chance to | | | | Catholic nations may have varying customs and |
| search for hidden eggs around a given area. | | | | traditions, celebrating Easter Monday and the |
| Various prizes are offered during this egg hunt | | | | entire Holy Week is an important religious event in |
| contest. Also as previously mentioned, the Easter | | | | the UK, and citizens are given the opportunity not |
| Bunny makes its presence felt on this day as the | | | | only to observe the standards and practices of |
| harbinger of said Easter eggs. | | | | their religion during this time, but to give them a |
| If this is what happens on Easter Sunday, what | | | | much needed break after it as well. |
| happens then on an Easter Monday? | | | | |