Pancake Day 2020: Where did Pancake Day originate from? Why do we celebrate it?

Pancake Day – or Shrove Tuesday – is on February 25 this year.

The date of Shrove Tuesday changes every year, as it is dependent on when Easter falls.

Shrove Tuesday always falls 47 days before Easter Sunday, so the date varies from year to year and falls between February 3 and March 9.

However, Pancake Day always precedes Ash Wednesday, which makes the first day of Lent.

And the celebration will always be held in either February or March.

Shrove Tuesday is the traditional feast day before the start of Lent on Ash Wednesday.

Lent marks the 40 days leading up to Easter and was traditionally a time of fasting.

Shrove Tuesday was also the last opportunity to use up basic foodstuffs, such as eggs, before starting the Lent fasting.