Easter is very late this year but the shops have not been slow to take the opportunity to find another special day for us to spend our money on – Pancake Day now comes with specially packaged goodies on offer to fill the long gap between Valentines Day & Easter.
I wonder how many people these days know that Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is supposed to be the last chance for indulgence before Lent begins on Ash Wednesday? Even fewer would expect to be shriven on the day.
Perhaps we will soon go the whole hog & adopt the name Mardi Gras instead. Or Fat Tuesday, since the English don’t do languages any more, would be very appropriate for our times.
