Pancakes

When is Pancake Day this year? It's one of the teddy bears' favourite days in the calendar (I wonder why?) but it seems to change every year, doesn't it? That's because Pancake Day always arrives 47 days before Easter, and Easter changes every year too.

Easter Sunday is calculated as the first Sunday after the full Moon that occurs on or after the Vernal Equinox - haven't we mentioned that special time before? - click here to find out what we already know about it. If the full Moon falls on a Sunday, then Easter Sunday is the next Sunday.

This year Pancake Day (or Shrove Tuesday as it is more correctly named) is on the first of March.

But why do we eat Pancakes on Pancake Day?