Candlemas
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Candlemas, also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Jesus Christ, the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, or the Feast of the Holy Encounter, is a Christian feast day commemora
Blessing of candles on Candlemas at an Episcopal church
Candlemas day by Marianne Stokes, 1901
The presentation of the Lord in the temple by Fra Bartolomeo, 1516
Crêpes are a traditional food on La Chandeleur.
Groundhog Day
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Groundhog Day is a tradition observed regionally in the United States and Canada on February 2 of every year. It derives from the Pennsylvania Dutch superstition that if a groundhog emerges from its b
Candlemas
…that if the sun appeared on Candlemas, a hedgehog would cast a shadow, making a "second winter", was the origin of the modern American festival of Groundhog Day, as many of Pennsylvania's early settlers were German. In Roman Catholicism, in 1997, on the Candlemas day, Pope John Paul II instituted the World Day…
2022 celebration in Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania, US
The groundhog (Marmota monax) is a hibernating rodent of the family Sciuridae, belonging to the group of large ground squirrels.
Groundhog Day, Punxsutawney, 2013
Shubenacadie Sam makes the winter prediction at Nova Scotia's Shubenacadie Wildlife Park, 2024