Healthy Home Newsletter April 2019 - Volume XVll, Issue 4 | Page 5

April Fun Facts
EASTER FACTS
What day is Easter Sunday this year? It’s April 21 st .
Here are some interesting Easter facts for you:
Easter in the western Christian church can occur as early as
March 22 and as late as April 25.
It is observed on the Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon (a
fixed spring date set by the church).
This Christian holy day celebrates the resurrection of Christ
after his Crucifixion and was probably the earliest of the
church's annual festivals.
Folk customs attached to the festival date from pre-
Christian times: Eggs, traditionally forbidden during Lent,
symbolize new life. The Easter Bunny recalls the hare, the
Egyptian symbol of fertility.
Easter may have derived its name from the Saxon goddess
Eostre, whose feast was celebrated each spring at about this
time. Or it may have derived from the word oster, meaning
"rising.”
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April is “Humor Month”
Begun in 1976 by humorist Larry Wilde,
this observance serves to heighten public awareness of
humor’s health benefits.
Laughter has been shown to reduce stress and pain,
relax muscles, boost morale, strengthen the immune
system, increase blood flow, and enrich the quality of life
overall.
To get the month off to a healthy start, can you answer
this riddle?
Q: Which is heavier, a half Moon or a full Moon?
A: The half Moon because the full Moon is twice as light.
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The Latin word aperio,
meaning “to open or
bud,” gives us the name
April. Spring festivals
celebrate the season’s
renewal of life.
In the Southern
Hemisphere, April is the
same as October in the
Northern Hemisphere.
The diamond of April
symbolizes innocence.
The Japanese fiscal
year for most
businesses starts on
April 1st.
In England there are
many cuckoo festivals.
The arrival of the
cuckoo bird in April is a
signal that spring has
arrived.
Leonardo da Vinci and
William Shakespeare
were both born in April.
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