Most people spend Easter Saturday in a state of mild confusion. You’ve done the Good Friday church or pub trip. You’re saving the big family lunch for Sunday. So what do you do? You clean the house, maybe. Or you start the Easter egg hunt early, just to test the kids’ resolve.
I once spent an entire Easter Saturday assembling a flat-pack wardrobe because I thought, “I’ll have so much time.” I ended up with three extra screws and a door that opens inward instead of outward. That is the energy of Easter Saturday—good intentions, slightly botched execution.
The Bigger Picture
Why isn’t it a bank holiday? Honestly, the government probably looked at the calendar and thought, “Four days off? That’s too much fun.” They’re right, of course. We’d all just become chocolate-covered couch potatoes by Monday.
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But here’s a secret: even though it’s not an official holiday, many workplaces give you a “bridge day” if Easter Friday falls on a Friday (which it always does). But they never give you Saturday. It’s like they’re saying, “We gave you Friday, we gave you Monday, but Saturday is your problem.” Rude.
