Easter: V Day Easter for Christians is V Day (a day commemorating victory) Easter is V Day because of… I. A vacant tomb. Now when the Sabbath was past, Mary Magdalene , Mary the mother of James and Salome bought spices, that they might come and anoint Him. Very early in the morning on the first day of the week, they came to the tomb when the sun had risen. And they said among themselves, who will roll away