Happy Easter Monday!

This is my home in the Turks & Caicos Islands. I invite you to come revel in our holiday spirit anytime....


Despite the abhorrent nature of colonialism, the British left some customs that are still heartily observed throughout their former colonies in the Caribbean. And, public holidays certainly fall within this cherished tradition.

Curiously, unlike Americans, the British apparently saw no need to glorify all of their holidays with patriotic or reverential titles like President’s Day, Memorial Day, Independence Day, Labor Day, Veterans Day or Thanksgiving Day. Instead, they just called many of them Bank Holidays (no doubt in honor of Britain’s great mercantile heritage).

That’s why the “Easter Monday” holiday seems so puzzling; because it has a reverential title but no discernible relevance to Jesus Christ. It may be that even the British had qualms about appending a bank holiday to this very religious event. And, Easter Monday seems as appropriate a title for sneaking in another banker’s day off here as calling the day after Christmas “Boxing Day” for an additional holiday there as well.


This is my home in The Bahamas. I invite you to come revel in our holiday spirit anytime here too....(I know, life is good!)


Of course, with beaches like these, one might wonder why the British did not fashion even more such innocuous excuses for holiday celebrations.

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