Ours were called Easter Vacation until the late '80s, then they started calling

Apr 8, 2020
2:46:43pm

fredgarvin All-American

it Spring Break so as not to offend non-religious people. But they were always the week before Easter, so people who celebrated the holy week before Easter would have it off.

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fredgarvin

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Author

Time

This is how I feel

Niiineteeen84

4/8/20 12:47pm

I’m always surprised when people travel for spring break

buffgato

4/8/20 12:49pm

We almost always visited family. We didn't go "fun" places and stay in hotels.

fredgarvin

4/8/20 12:56pm

Same. Spring break was Gilligan’s Island and Smear the Q****

Big Daddy D

4/8/20 12:57pm

You throw out Gilligan's Island like it was a bad thing.

DomCasual

4/8/20 1:06pm

Truth. Begs the important question: Ginger or MarryAnn?

Big Daddy D

4/8/20 1:08pm

It was always Ginger for me. But I get the Mary Ann camp.

DomCasual

4/8/20 1:18pm

Same here. Ginger...made me ‘feel things’. 😀

m0resn0w

4/9/20 4:15am

RE: Same here. Ginger...made me ‘feel things’. 😀

Niiineteeen84

4/9/20 8:18am

I always got sent to my grandfather's farm to work.

crack

4/8/20 12:58pm

You get paid, at least?

SandYFan

4/8/20 12:59pm

Technically, I guess I did at about 1/3 of what minimum wage was at the time.

crack

4/8/20 1:01pm

I grew up on a farm. This was always the time of year we were getting started.

Rivers Cuomo

4/8/20 1:03pm

Also grew up on a farm

MetaLearner

4/8/20 1:10pm

Me too!

5150man

4/8/20 1:29pm

Same here but I actually miss that a lot now and wish my kids had the same opportunity

Nuke

4/8/20 1:20pm

I miss some aspects

MetaLearner

4/8/20 1:59pm

I’m with you I remember always going with My dad to help my grandpa brand cows, build fence, bail hay, etc I try to take

Nuke

4/8/20 3:14pm

My kids definitely could use more manual labor in their lives.

crack

4/8/20 2:04pm

That was me, too.

DomCasual

4/8/20 1:03pm

I don't remember ever getting "Spring Breaks" from school.

germm

4/8/20 1:34pm

I don't remember full weeks off but we also started in September too it seems.

Niiineteeen84

4/8/20 1:45pm

Ours were called Easter Vacation until the late '80s, then they started calling

fredgarvin

4/8/20 2:46pm

Yes, we never traveled for spring break either. But apparently, today everyone

Benfica1

4/8/20 2:18pm

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