When is Easter 2024? Well, Easter Sunday this year falls, relatively early on March 31st, with Good Friday on the 29th. Easter always comes on the first Sunday after the first full moon after the vernal equinox (which, put simply, is when the sun is right over the equator, and day and night are equally long). Another way to determine when Easter is? To count forward the 40 days of Lent from Ash Wednesday to the following Sunday.
And another, equally important question for interior lovers, when is the best time to put up your Easter decorations? It's personal, but there are a few dates to bear in mind to help you decide when to start decorating with your eggs, baskets, bunnies, and spring-like pastel hues.
In short, Easter can be any time between March 22nd and April 25th, and in 2024, it falls on Sunday 31st March for the Gregorian calendar. Palm Sunday is on 24th March, followed by Good Friday on 29th March.
But when to start decorating for Easter? As with other holidays and festivities, there is no precise date (or rule!), though most of us usually start decorating around two to four weeks before Easter. In 2024, this would mean decorating from the weekend of March 2nd.
St Patrick's Day (March 17th) is also often viewed as the traditional day to start decorating for Easter – though, of course, if you love to be ready well in advance of any holiday, want to avoid price hikes, and can't bear the rush, you can start any time in the months building up to the holiday.
When to take down Easter decorations?
Again, there is no strict date for taking down Easter decorations, though within a couple of weeks, they will begin to look a little out of place, and if any include fresh ingredients, from eggs to flowers, you will need to remove them before they begin to rot.
What do you decorate your house with after Easter?
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After Easter decorations have come back down, you can easily switch back to your spring decor: pastels, fresh brights and natural shades. Then, once May arrives, start adding warmer colors to bring in summer decor.
When to start decorating for Easter will depend on how you celebrate the holiday and your personal style too. If you are having people over on March 31st for Easter Sunday, if might be wise to get your decor up slightly ahead of time so you can relax the weekend of the holiday. If you ask us, it's nice to start introducing spring and Easter decor slowly as soon as February is over to give your home an uplift and start bringing it out of winter.
But when to start decorating for Easter? As with other holidays and festivities, there is no precise date (or rule!), though most of us usually start decorating around two to four weeks before Easter. In 2024, this would mean decorating from the weekend of March 2nd.
Begin decorating for Easter in late March or early April, creating a delightful Easter atmosphere for a week or two leading up to Easter Sunday. Enjoy the Easter spirit by keeping your decorations up until shortly after Easter Sunday.
When should you decorate for Easter? Many of your Easter decorations may go along with your basic spring décor. Put out your Easter decorations around 3-4 weeks before the Easter holiday—or start putting them out with the rest of your spring decorations.
Decoration. Depending on the weather and the date of Easter, the family begins hanging eggs on the tree between late February and late March, roughly four weeks before Easter.
As a general rule of thumb for seasonal decor for Spring/Summer, Fall, Winter, switch the decor when the weather starts to change. If we're talking about holiday decor, add in your holiday decor about two to four weeks before a holiday. This depends on the holiday's importance, but is a good place to start.
Many families have a tradition of putting up Christmas decorations on December 1st, which falls on a Friday in 2023. December is generally considered a festive month, with carols playing wherever you go and Christmas parties providing joyous opportunities to eat, drink and be merry.
Mint green, soft yellow, pale pink and baby blue are the colours you will see in the colour palette for Easter in 2024. These colours bring spring into the kitchen and onto the festive table. From tasty cupcakes with softly coloured cupcake tins a creamy filling to pink macarons with the perfect bite.
This is all to say most people know when it's right to take down their seasonal decorations. But if you are still having trouble deciding, here is a rule of thumb for taking down Easter decorations… Take down Easter decor sometime during the week after Easter.
Want to know when to change seasonal décor from winter to spring? March is a good time to welcome the season of new beginnings with changes in your home decorations. Focus on a few design elements that you can easily refresh, such as color and texture.
Black Friday, the day after Thanksgiving, is the earliest you should set up a Christmas tree or decorate with Christmas-specific trimmings. Waiting until Black Friday prevents your beautiful tree from stealing your big turkey dinner's thunder.
One option would be to wait until Gaudete Sunday — the “pink” Sunday of the third week of Advent — when the church's prayers specifically tell us to rejoice at the closeness of Jesus' upcoming birthday. Another liturgically fitting day to set up a Christmas tree would be Dec. 17, one week before Christmas Eve.
Another plant with religious significance at Easter is the dogwood tree. Legend says Jesus' cross was constructed of dogwood. Apparently the trees at that time were sturdier than the ones seen in yards today. It is said Jesus cursed the tree on which he was crucified.
But when to start decorating for Easter? As with other holidays and festivities, there is no precise date (or rule!), though most of us usually start decorating around two to four weeks before Easter. In 2024, this would mean decorating from the weekend of March 2nd.
The date for Easter changes every year, but it's best to decorate about two weeks before the holiday. The good news is that Spring decorations can stay up through March and April. March Holidays: St.
I recommend decorating around one month before Easter. And of course, the date changes so you won't put out your Easter decor at the same time each year. As a rough guide, the start of March usually feels like the right time for me to start putting out Spring decor.
Easter Sunday falls on March 31, 2024 this year, just over a week earlier than in 2023, when it was on April 9. This year Easter is set to arrive midway through the school holidays.
USA's Independence Day is July 4th, so start decorating about a week or 10 days before. It's appropriate to leave patriotic decorations up all year long, but many people choose to switch back to summer decorations in August. June Holidays: Flag Day – June 14.
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