Throughout the weeks preceeding Easter, all my children have asked incessantly, "What are we doing for Spring Break?" or "Aren't we going on Spring Vaction?".  Followed with statements like, "Joey, Suzie, Jane and Johnny are all going to Disney World.", "I wish we could go to a resort with big swimming pools and water slides.", "I guess we aren't doing anything over Spring Break.", "I'm going to be the only who's sitting around doing nothing.",  "I won't have anything to tell my friends about my Spring Break.", "What am I supposed to write when the teacher makes us fill out a diary or write a paper on "What I did on Spring Break?".

Furthermore, high school and college students are now called "Spring Breakers".  What the heck is that?  What exactly are they Breaking?  The law?  Their morals? Their parent's bank account?  I don't  believe anything should be broken, besides bread, for Easter holiday.

This has led me to ponder the question that has been lurking in my mind for years.  When and why did America make the switch from "Easter Holiday" to "Spring Break"?    I remember when school-aged kids were given Good Friday through the week following Easter, off from school.  This time, beginning from Good Friday, (much like Christmas Eve), families would prepare for the observance of Easter.   This is not the way anymore; it has morphed to an exceedingly disturbing  disgrace.

How did we get from this:

To this:         

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