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I think Good Friday is the worst of the christian public holidays. Everything is closed like Christmas but there's nothing to do. And the thing all non practicing people do is not eat red meat. At least you get to give gifts to people on Christmas.
The best parts of easter are on the other days too, but Good Friday is meant to be the big one
Personally I find it a bit of a sad intitement of our society that we equate shops/services being closed with 'nothing to do'. Are we really that unable to entertain ourselves?
I've always thought public holidays are a great thing because it gives us time to do things together - get together for a bbq or a picnic, play board games, have a movie night, whatever you like. Don't just feed the consumerist machine.
I even mean with events and hanging out with family. It feels like there is more emphasis on family lunch at Christmas even if there's nothing else to do. Whereas there's just nothing on good friday
I like good friday for those exact reasons. It's like the only public holiday left that's actually a day off for the majority of workers.
Lets not forget why JC had to die. So you can feast on chocolate and hot cross buns all weekend.
it's a nice quiet day