Groundhog Day is February 2nd.
Time for our annual Everything Croton Homage!
First up....Groundhogs and Candles and Midwinter Feasts, from Family Christmas Online™
For
as the sun shines on Candlemas Day---So far will the snow swirl until
May---For as the snow blows on Candlemas Day--So far will the sun shine
before May.
Those words refer to a legend associated with
an old church festival that brought a little light into each home during
the coldest part of the year, weeks after Christmas and New Years' had
passed.
Don't get me wrong - I love Christmas. But most years,
it seems like just about the time life slows down enough to spend a few
precious hours enjoying our family and the holiday itself, it's time to
take down the lights and pack away the decorations. And then we still
have twelve long, cold weeks of winter.
After New Years' this
year, I thought, "Wouldn't it be nice if there was a mid-winter festival
that was really in the middle of winter instead of at the 'front
end'?
READ AND SEE MORE HERE.
AND FROM THE ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC CHURCH BULLETIN---CANDLEMAS IS FEBRUARY 2ND; READ PAGE 3 OF THE 1/10/2021 BULLETIN AT https://container.parishesonline.com/bulletins/03/0907/20210110B.pdf
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