Shrove Tuesday!

[tj_rowe]

Here we have a classic example of a holiday stripped of all religious significance until it, like the others, is another chocolate-eating holiday. It has the very slight edge of being more of a 'chocolate on pancakes' holiday, but still it is a chocolate holiday.

I mean, we all know the origins of Shrove Tuesday/Fat Tuesday/Pancake Tuesday/Pancake Day - to dispose of the 'rich' food in the house before Lent, and the associated fasting, starts the next day.

Some people still give something up for Lent, of course. But generally what they give up has nothing to do with pancakes at all. Yet still the pancakes persevere. More and more, a person will pig out on Pancake Day and then not act any differently on Ash Wednesday.

I find this strange, but entirely in keeping with what I know of people. -_-;;

Comments

[pet-lunatic.livejournal.com]

I eat pancakes because I like pancakes, same as I celebrate 'christmas' because I like spending time with my family and exchanging presents :) I like my holidays - vacations, I suppose - as stripped of religion as possible, personally.

[tamerterra.livejournal.com]

Oh, I like chocolate-eating holidays as much as anyone - I just find it strange that so many holidays have become chocolate-eating holidays. ^_^