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Easter Monday is a Christian holiday celebrated the next day after Easter Sunday. Celebration events include egg rolling competitions and dousing other people with water which, at one time, was holy water used to bless the house and food. Formerly, it was celebrated as Easter Week, but was reduced to a one day celebration in the 19th century. It is an official holiday in the following countries:- Albania
- Andorra
- Anguilla
- Antigua and Barbuda
- Argentina
- Aruba
- Australia
- Austria
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- Bulgaria (Julian Calendar)
- Burkina Faso
- Cameroon
- Canada
- Cape Verde Islands
- Cayman Islands
- Central African Republic
- Chad
- Chile
- Cook Islands
- Côte d'Ivoire
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Denmark
- Dominica
- Equatorial Guinea
- Finland
- Faroe Islands
- Fiji
- Finland
- France
- French Guiana
- Gabon
- Gambia
- Germany
- Ghana
- Gibraltar
- Greenland
- Grenada
- Guadeloupe
- Guatemala
- Guinea
- Guyana
- Hong Kong
- Hungary (also called Ducking Monday )
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Italy
- Jamaica
- Kenya
- Kiribati
- Latvia
- Lebanon
- Lesotho
- Liechtenstein
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malawi
- Martinique
- Moldova (Julian Calendar)
- Monaco
- Montserrat
- Namibia
- Nauru
- Netherlands
- Netherlands Antilles
- New Caledonia
- New Zealand
- Niger
- Nigeria
- Niue
- Norway
- Papua New Guinea
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania (Julian Calendar)
- Rwanda
- Senegal
- Seychelles
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Solomon Islands
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- St. Kitts and Nevis
- St. Lucia
- St. Pierre and Miquelon
- St. Vincent and the Grenadines
- Suriname
- Swaziland
- Switzerland
- Tanzania
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Turks and Caicos Islands
- Tuvalu
- Uganda
- United Kingdom
- US Virgin Islands
- Vanuatu
- Western Samoa
- Zambia
- Zimbabwe
Easter Monday is also celebrated in the one US state of North Carolina.
See also: Easter, Good Friday
Christian festivals
