Springing out of winter habits

Maybe it was the distinct lack of snow, the longer days or the overnight emergence of patios (yes, in Canada, this is a big deal), but if all those hints weren’t a dead giveaway that spring had finally sprung, then it had to be the sale on chocolate eggs. In fact, for the first time in nearly a century, Easter this year came much earlier than usual thanks to good ‘old Emperor Constantine and the Council of Nicea AD 325, who decreed that Easter should fall around the time of the vernal equinox (or when the length of day and night is nearly equal in every part of the world).