Shrove Tuesday, Pancake Day, Pancake Tuesday - whatever you call the day before Lent starts, it's going to be earlier this year.
Because of Easter being a movable date, this year's Shrove Tuesday is on February 16.
The following day is also Ash Wednesday, which sees the start of Lent and the 40 day countdown to Easter.
Easter can fall anywhere in a 35-day span based off this (March 22 - April 25), because the earliest date it can fall is when there's a notional full moon, March 21.
This year Good Friday is on April 2 and Easter Sunday is on April 4 .
Shrove Tuesday is traditionally a feasting day as it is the day before Lent but eating pancakes on this day also comes from a tradition of using up any rich foods like eggs before Lent and fasting begins.
The ingredients for pancakes are said to symbolise four points of significance at Easter and springtime of the year.
Eggs signify creation, flour is said to be the staff of life, salt is for wholesomeness and milk symbolises purity.
The day gets its name from the ritual of shriving which means an act of confessing sins and getting absolution.
A bell would be rung to call people to confession and this came to be known as the Pancake Bell.
