Happy Candlemas!

[urbpan]

Blessings of the returning of the light! (at least to my Northern Hemisphere friends--To my Southern Hemisphere friends: wish I was there)

Today is the halfway point between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox. If I was in charge of holidays, this day would be the big winter holiday that everybody looks forward to (as opposed to the one that we have, that happens four days after the Solstice).

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Candlemas? Bah humbug!

[(Anonymous)]

We get one decent holiday devoted to rodents and you've got to screw it up by tacking some weird name to it. You probably didn't even have a groundhogs day cake or any presents. I'm not sure I want to claim to be related to you anymore.
-Andy

Re: Candlemas? Bah humbug!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

Yes, well, it's St. Brigid's day and also Feast of the Marmot (groundhog day). Lots of names for halfway between Winter Solstice and Spring Equinox.

Of course, the rodent connection is pretty bogus, as any self-respecting groundhog hibernates well into April. Rats are more deserving of a holiday anyway.

Re: Candlemas? Bah humbug!

[cottonmanifesto.livejournal.com]

Feast of the Marmot? I don't think I'd want to eat one of those. Ick.

Re: Candlemas? Bah humbug!

[urbpan.livejournal.com]

One of the teachers at Drumlin was doing a "Native American" program, [which involved] frying up flattened kernels of maize on a hot rock. I asked her what cooking oil the Native American's used. She said that if it was a good hunting year, they used bear fat. If it was a lean year, they used woodchuck fat. Ever since, I've wondered what it tasted like. (hopefully, better than they smell.)