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What is the Easter celebration?

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Many religious holidays like Easter are known as “movable feasts,” which means they are not fixed dates on the calendar, but are celebrated in accordance with the lunisolar calendar. Easter occurs on the first Sunday after the Paschal Full Moon, which is the first full moon of spring, according to the Farmer’s Almanac. Easter occurs shortly after the vernal equinox.

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