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L.I. I am learning about why people celebrate Shrove Tuesday.S.C. So I can understand some of the different ways in which Shrove Tuesday has been celebrated.
Every year during lent we celebrate Shrove Tuesday. Lent is a time giving things up. Traditionally during Lent, Christians would give up rich, tasty foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat including chocolate and sweets. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. What better way to do so than making pancakes! Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent. During Lent, Christians give up luxuries to remember when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days to fast and pray.
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before easter. The date changes very years and falls between February 3rd and March the 9th. Shrove Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday ( The day you make you lenten promise.)
The name 'shrove' comes from the old word 'shrive' which means to confess. In Anglo-Saxon England, Christians would go to church on Shrove Tuesday to confess their sins and clean their soul. In other words, they would be ‘shriven’.
Pancake races are a super-fun Shrove Tuesday tradition. In this mad-cap activity, people race each other whilst tossing a pancake in a pan. Today, pancake races are often organised to raise money for charity and help those in need. Awesome!
Every year during lent we celebrate Shrove Tuesday. Lent is a time giving things up. Traditionally during Lent, Christians would give up rich, tasty foods such as butter, eggs, sugar and fat including chocolate and sweets. So Shrove Tuesday is the last chance to indulge yourself, and to use up the foods that aren't allowed in Lent. What better way to do so than making pancakes! Pancakes are eaten on this day because they contain fat, butter and eggs which were forbidden during Lent. During Lent, Christians give up luxuries to remember when Jesus went into the desert for 40 days to fast and pray.
Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before easter. The date changes very years and falls between February 3rd and March the 9th. Shrove Tuesday is always the day before Ash Wednesday ( The day you make you lenten promise.)
The name 'shrove' comes from the old word 'shrive' which means to confess. In Anglo-Saxon England, Christians would go to church on Shrove Tuesday to confess their sins and clean their soul. In other words, they would be ‘shriven’.
Pancake races are a super-fun Shrove Tuesday tradition. In this mad-cap activity, people race each other whilst tossing a pancake in a pan. Today, pancake races are often organised to raise money for charity and help those in need. Awesome!
Where did this wacky tradition come from? The story goes that it originated way back in 1445, in the town of Olney in Buckinghamshire, England. A woman was so busy making pancakes that she lost track of time. When she heard the church bells ringing for the Shrove Tuesday mass, she ran as fast as she could to make it, and arrived still carrying her pancake in the pan!
In other countries, Shrove Tuesday has different names. In Germany, for example, it’s called ‘Fastnacht’ (meaning ‘Eve of the Fast’) and in Iceland it’s called ‘Sprengidagur’ (meaning ‘Bursting Day’). In France and some other parts of the world, the festival is called ‘Mardi Gras’, from the French phrase meaning ‘Fat Tuesday’. And for many people, Mardi Gras means party time…