Category: Candlemas

  • Happy Groundhog Day

    Happy Groundhog Day

    Well… sort of. While the sheer absurdity of watching a groundhog predict the weather is certainly an amusing distraction (which I thoroughly enjoy), February 2 is also a lesser-known day in the liturgical calendar—Candlemas. Candlemas occurs forty days after Christmas and marks the official end of the Christmas season. It goes by several names: the…