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Karen Rodriguez

Apr 20, 2026

2:42
Karen, if I could come to you, please, as a Catholic and this time of year being centered around Easter, as I've just mentioned, what has your experience of this time of year been like either sort of growing up or now? Has it changed much, you know, both religiously and from that commercialization perspective as well?
3:00
Thanks, Andy.
3:01
It's quite interesting because a lot of people think that Easter actually starts on Shrove Tuesday, otherwise known as Pancake Day or Jif Lemon Day, depending on your preferences, really.
3:11
There are other lemon juice manufacturers out there, just so that you know.
3:15
Well, actually, the first day of Lent, which is the build up to Easter, is actually on Ash Wednesday.
3:21
And that's a holy day of obligation for Catholics where you go and you receive the ashes on your forehead.
3:27
And they are normally the palms from Palm Sunday from the previous year that are burnt and they become the ashes normally.

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28:20
So it's really great to hear that that's happening more and more and people are more comfortable to have those conversations.

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