A United States Senator has introduced legislation to make the day after Easter a federal holiday, so many families can more easily celebrate the Christian holiday together, the Christian Post website reports today (April 16, 2025).
In a thread on X, Sen. Eric Schmitt, R--Mo., announced that he had introduced a bill that would make Easter Monday a federal holiday. His social media post came one week before Easter Monday, which falls on April 21 this year.
"81% of Americans celebrate Easter," Schmitt wrote. "But our current holiday schedule makes it way too difficult for families to celebrate together."
Schmitt noted that "Easter falls on the longest unbroken work stretch of the calendar," adding, "March and April are the only back--to--back months without a federal holiday. This isn't a radical idea."
He continued, "It's a federal recognition of a tradition that is central to Western civilization -- a tradition that's already recognized as a public holiday in nations across (and beyond) the West, including Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and most of Western Europe."
"It isn't even novel in America," Schmitt said of the idea of making Easter Monday a federal holiday. "We already have a 'National Day of Prayer,' signed into law by Missouri's own President Truman. A federal Easter Monday holiday allows Americans to celebrate the most extraordinary day in world history, Easter -- the day of Christ's resurrection."
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