Tuesday, January 12, 2021

GROUNDHOGS AND CANDLES AND MIDWINTER FEASTS, FROM FAMILY CHRISTMAS ONLINE(TM) --AND MORE CANDLEMAS FROM ST. AUGUSTINE CATHOLIC

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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