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From: Gary McGath <garym@mcgath.com>
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Subject: Re: MT VOID, 04/12/24 -- Vol. 42, No. 41, Whole Number 2323
Date: Sun, 14 Apr 2024 10:29:09 -0400
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On 4/14/24 9:48 AM, Evelyn C. Leeper wrote:
> 
> The free holiday entree (Easter ham or turkey, kosher chicken,
> etc.) now requires $400 of purchases in the four weeks preceding
> Easter, which is normally the four weeks preceding Passover.  Not
> this year.  So if you want the kosher chicken, you have to spend
> $400 even before they have put out the Passover food (which
> definitely boosted your spending).  The one bright point is they
> will let people redeem their points for the kosher chicken until
> Passover, even though the usual deadline is Easter.
> 
> (This part is not the supermarket's fault; blame Pope Gregory
> XIII.)

The Greek Orthodox church has an extra rule that Easter must come after 
Passover.

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Gary McGath    http://www.mcgath.com