You know it's Easter when
By Torunn
@Torunn (8607)
Norway
April 17, 2019 2:45am CST
There's hardly anyone around, 'cause they left last Friday.
There's lot of things for half prize in the grocery stores, 'cause they close from Thursday to Monday. Open a bit on Saturday = even more things for half prize. They try to get rid of everything with "best before dates" during Easter. I buy stuff and put it in my freezer.
Facebook is filled with pictures of yellow things and people skiing.
How's Easter where you live? Do you join in the religious celebrations or just take holiday? Do you eat anything special?
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
17 Apr 19
Shops will be closed here mostly the small ones and the big places maybe Saturday perhaps they will open but they have staff that are not usually workig there all the time.
No half price here in fact they usually double the price on everything if they can apart from that the celebrations are nice and much better if they come from the Coastal area.
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@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
18 Apr 19
@Torunn
That is what they do here also certain brands shoot up in price.
All the sell by dates are given a miss as well so it serves you well to check the date say on bread for example.
No discount on things that are nearly out of date no chance.
The way things go but us girls are one bit smarter and don´t buy those with the date gone over.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Apr 19
@lovinangelsinstead21 Some shops here have the policy that if you find something that has best before date on the day you find it, you get it for free. There are people living off this and using nearly no money on food.
Over Easter all the candy and other Easter stuff are sold for half price. It's stuff that last several months, so I eat more Easter candy after Easter than before
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
17 Apr 19
It's Easter for us a week after you. The same will be, will not work shops, but it's too early
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
18 Apr 19
@LowRiderX That makes is slightly clearer :-)
The papers here wrote that Easter this year should have been earlier according to some way of counting too. They really didn't make that week easy to place!
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@LowRiderX (22903)
• Serbia
17 Apr 19
@Torunn Yes it is 
Some times yes, it's the same date, but this year is different date
Christmas always falls on the Orthodox 2 weeks after the Catholic, and that's something that does not change
Some times yes, it's the same date, but this year is different date
Christmas always falls on the Orthodox 2 weeks after the Catholic, and that's something that does not change1 person likes this
@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Apr 19
On Sunday my husband and I are going to have dinner with 3 friends. One of them lives in another part of the country he is going to stay here from Friday to Monday. We are not going to eat anything special, just the kind food we usually eat.
Here some of the stores have found a different way to get rid of some of their things. When we buy something we get a scratchcard, and the card tell us what kind of discount we will get (25%, 50% etc)
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@Porcospino (31366)
• Denmark
17 Apr 19
@Torunn I also think it is a smart move. They did the same thing last year, and I guess that people liked it since they are doing it again. I thought that all of the scratch cards had a discount message inside, but that is not the case. I got one that said "Sorry, no discount".
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
17 Apr 19
@Porcospino That's a bummer!
I'm going shopping on Saturday and on Tuesday. I've made sure that my freezers aren't too full. Today I got some cod and some chicken. Hoping for half priced Easter candy on Tuesday next week
@allknowing (136541)
• India
17 Apr 19
I feel it is Easter when East Lilies start to bloom
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@topffer (42156)
• France
17 Apr 19
It is quiet here, at least during the day : the schools around my home are closed for holidays, and many neighbors are on holidays. The shops are closed on Easter Monday, which is a public holiday. I go to the mass and eat lamb on Easter Sunday.
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@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Apr 19
We will have mostly veggies and fish on Good Friday and something special on Easter.
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@Torunn (8607)
• Norway
17 Apr 19
@florelway Then it''ll be special.
Why don't they sail? Because of the weather, season or Easter?
@florelway (23286)
• Cagayan De Oro, Philippines
17 Apr 19
@Torunn Though seafoods are rare this time because most fisherfolks do not sail out.
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