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'?
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Thanks for the reminder - February 2nd is really the halfway point for winters around here. Hope you get an early spring (without flooding).
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