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With both Skippy Easter and Greek Easter falling on the same weekend this year, local man Sean Innes (28) is excited to take in the best of both worlds.
He’s going to be relishing in the absolutely unhinged consumption of chocolate eggs, as well as the peer-pressure from his in-laws to continue eating lemon potato and lamb until he feels like he is going to be sick.
Sean is going out with a Greek girl. That means he usually gets two Easters. But in 2025, they both fall on the same day.
While both celebrations are based around family celebration of the death and resurrection of Jesus Christ, The Greek Orthodox Church does not always celebrate on the same date as the rest of Australia. The is because the Orthodox Church uses the Julian calendar when calculating Easter.
However this year, both those dates fall on the same weekend. This means that furious Greeks across the country have been forced to buy chocolate eggs at full cost price – without the week or two post-Easter discount that they are used to.
Sean’s girlfriend, Lisa says that she’s usually quite vigilant about what her boyfriend puts in his body – but even she acknowledges that it is out of both their hands come Easter time.
“My yaiyai will only be encouraging him” she says.
“We’ve been hanging around her house this week and she’s already treating him like a human skip bin”
“I saw him eat 18 dolmades yesterday. That doesn’t even include the spinach pastries”
Sean is fully aware that this festival of food is going to desecrate what was left of his summer rig. He’s expecting a net bloat of around ten kilograms.
“I usually have a fortnight, or even a month, between Easters. I can usually throw a bit of a health regime in the middle”
“But to cop all of my family’s seafood and chocolate, and all of the misso’s family’s lamb and carbs…”
“At least I’m going to be insulated for winter”
