Some people eat at a normal time, between 5:30 and 7:00pm… some people eat strangely early on holidays. What time do you eat and why?

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  1. For any big holiday, it just depends on what time everyone’s going to arrive at. Lately we’ve been eating at a normal time, but there have been years where we’ve eaten at 2:30 or 3:00pm.

  2. Usually relatively early. Like 2-3. Sometimes it’s more like a brunch at 12-1.

    This year we went to a diner in Portland for seafood because we did the awesome children’s museum egg hunt and went to the Extraordinary Form Mass in Latin at the Cathedral.

    So dinner is pretty simple and going to be here in 30 minutes or so.

  3. We do brunch with friends after church, so like 1pm. Dinner is just whatever leftovers or something similar

  5. For holidays my family usually plans to have the holiday dinner around 2 or 3pm… but it usually ends up being around 6pm

  6. Between 3-5 usually. Turned out dinner was served a little after 4. 6:30ish and I just left not to long ago

  7. Easter wasn’t a big thing in my family growing up. We were from a vaguely Christian family, but my parents and I did not actively practice religion or attend church. We usually ate Easter dinner maybe a bit earlier than a normal dinner, since it was a bit more elaborate than a regular dinner and would pretty much be our main/only meal of the day. So maybe around 4:00 PM.

    As an adult, I don’t really observe Easter. But I did make an Easter-themed dinner spread for my friend and I this year. We actually made “Easter” dinner on Saturday rather than Sunday because my friend works on Sundays. We started cooking around 7:00 and it took quite a while to prepare, so we didn’t actually eat until at least 9:30 PM.

  10. Dinner isn’t the last meal of the day. It’s the biggest meal of the day. Dinner can be a lunch instead of a supper. So if it’s a lunch dinner, you can have a supper “snack” if you get hungry later.

    Easter dinner is usually more of a lunch than a supper for me.

  11. We do Easter Brunch instead of dinner. It’s right after church and everyone is usually available.

  15. We had Easter dinner at 1. Then the kids have an egg hunt while all of the adults spend time together.

    Honestly, with a full Easter dinner, I’m still not hungry for the rest of the day, lol— also, I like having a quiet Sunday evening before I go back to work on monday

  16. I don’t really have one unless it’s a church potluck after communion, and that’s usually on Sabbath since I switched denominations years ago.

  17. Well my extended family had to all head back home on a Sunday so we ate at about 4pm

  19. I don’t celebrate Easter. For me it’s just a normal day, with dinner at a normal time, which is normally around 7 or 8 PM (but really whenever I feel like it).

    I do agree that, given my upbringing, it seems kind of wild (to me) to use the name “dinner” for any meal that starts before 4 PM or so. If I were having a special holiday meal at noon or 2 PM or so, I’d call it lunch.

  20. We’re eating late tonight because church was late. Lasagna, salad, fruit and ice cream, and cake.

  21. Just ate like two hours ago (7pm) then read some manga now going back down for cake

  22. When my extended family used to have Easter gatherings, we would eat around 3:00. That would allow enough time after church to prep the food. There would usually be an egg hunt for the kids after the meal.

  23. It used to be 2-3 because that’s when we could have food prepared, but could get Grandma out the door so she didn’t get home in the dark. No, she didn’t drive, but she still insisted she had to be in before dark.

    Now it’s 1 and 6 with my family, then my in laws. The kids have worked it out well where we can all switch it off lunch at one house then dinner at the other and we still all get to see each other.

  24. My mom always makes us ready super early on holidays, like 2pm.

    Her normal dinner time is like 6pm, my normal dinner time is 7pm. So when she makes us eat so early on holidays, I still end up having to make a second dinner and feed my kids again later before bed.

  25. We don’t have a special holiday meal for Easter. I didn’t actually know that was a “thing” on Easter. We ate dinner around 5. I made southwestern soup with leftover turkey.

  28. Passover, as with all Jewish holidays, is at Sundown. At least that’s when the sedar is to begin. Depending on how quickly everyone can read and the youngest knows the Four Questions determines when food is eaten.

  30. We usually opt for an Easter buffet or go to a local restaurant after church service. Since much of the food is quite filling we don’t eat dinner that day, just nibbles here and there come our usual dinner time since we’re still full from lunch time.

  31. Ham, mashed potatoes, more ham, sweet potatoes, ham, desert and then ham leftovers.

  33. Holiday meals generally start by 1pm.

    Go to church in the morning then prepare the meal to be a little later than usual.

  34. “Easter Dinner” has never been an established event for us and may not happen at all. We see family and do the egg hunts for the younger kids at some point over the weekend. Everything else varies with year and convenience.

  35. Easter isn’t a holiday in my house. But when I was a kid we had to be at grandma’s table at noon. The evening meal was just leftovers from lunch.

  36. There is not a set time but this year we ate at 2- right after the one toddler’s nap but then early enough for everyone to drive home after.

    We all live at least a couple hours away from each other – i imagine for many families that’s what dictates an earlier meal, plus wanting time to digest after a big meal. Also- if you are hosting, you don’t want to have to worry about cooking 2 meals, you want to enjoy your time with family.

  37. We usually go out and it’s usually a brunch kind of thing. The time depends on what availability the restaurant has.

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