Overcast cool damp day. Candlemas day. No sun at noon. Arose 9 A.M. Breakfast. Around house. Read paper. Played piano etc. Dinner. Took nap. Did odd jobs around house. Supper. To Library. Home. Read etc. To bed 10:15 P.M. Thankful for health, friends, education etc.
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Candlemas is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus' presentation at the temple marking the end of the traditional period of 40 days of the mother's purification following a child's birth.
It is also the date half-way between winter solstice and vernal equinox, and for that reason has been a special day on which people make predictions about the remaining winter's weather.
Groundhog Day is one of the versions of that seasonal holiday. Here is a website where both Candlemas and Groundhog Day are explained and compared: February 2.
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Candlemas is a Christian holiday that commemorates Jesus' presentation at the temple marking the end of the traditional period of 40 days of the mother's purification following a child's birth.
It is also the date half-way between winter solstice and vernal equinox, and for that reason has been a special day on which people make predictions about the remaining winter's weather.
Groundhog Day is one of the versions of that seasonal holiday. Here is a website where both Candlemas and Groundhog Day are explained and compared: February 2.
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