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WTF, why am I at work today, why don't I get easter off, this is absolute bulshit. Why is christmas more important than easter? What is the pagen counterpart to easter and does it involve lots of oral sex? Happy freakin death day jesus.

I'm working as well. Getting paid double time so no complaints. (other than I'd rather be climbing)

http://www.cs.utk.edu/~mclennan/BA/JO-Eo.html

I. Etymology of "Easter"
Easter gets its name from Eoster, an Anglo-Saxon goddess of the dawn. Her name comes from an Indo-European root "aus-," meaning "to shine," from which also come Eos and Aurora, the Greek and Roman names of the dawn goddess; also in Greek, Aurios was Aurora as the Goddess of the Morrow (Her name may derive from an earlier "Ausrion," meaning morning). Her holiday is celebrated near the Spring Equinox (Gk. he Ismemeria Earine), as Easter is celebrated on the Sunday following the full moon that follows or falls on the Spring Equinox; naturally She is especially honored by Dawn Rites (as is still part of the Easter tradition). The same root "aus-" gives us "East," the direction of the dawn, and on the Spring Equinox the Sun rises due East. (See De Aurora Liber for more on Eos.)

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One question down, thanks caribe.

quit yer bitchin, you heathens....

Took the day off to climb, bitches. tgif