With Easter on April 5th, you can also plan your menu without weather interference. The lamb roasters of the world will be thrilled—it’s not so cold that the oven warms the whole house, but it’s cool enough that sweating over a hot stove feels noble instead of absurd. The ham people, meanwhile, will be smug because ham is basically impossible to ruin, and that’s a victory in itself.
I once attended an Easter dinner where someone brought a turkey because they “didn’t realize.” The host stared at that bird like it was a live alien. The turkey was dry, everyone ate it politely, and we still talk about it six years later. Don’t be that person. Stick to ham or lamb, and save the poultry confusion for Thanksgiving.
Easter Sunday 2026: April 5, 2026
Egg Hunts: The Great Hunter-Gatherer Simulation
If you’re hosting an egg hunt on April 5th, the weather is statistically on your side. The grass will be damp but not muddy—just wet enough to ruin your new sneakers if you’re not careful. The kids will find exactly three of the fifty eggs you hid, and the rest will be discovered by your dog in July. That’s the natural order of things.
One year, my cousin hid a golden egg inside a fake rock next to the mailbox. He waited all afternoon for someone to find it. A squirrel made off with it at 4 p.m. We saw the squirrel run up a tree with the golden egg in its mouth. That egg is still up there, probably. Some mysteries are best left unsolved.
