A primarily religious festival. Candlemas, celebrated on February 2, takes its name from the Latin word "candelaria", meaning "festival of candles".This celebration has its roots in several ...

Winter has another flight. If Candlemas brings clouds and rain, Winter will not come again. In 1723, the Delaware Native Americans settled in the area around Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania.

If Candlemas day be cloudy with rain, winter is gone, and won’t come again. —Early Christian saying Every Feb. 2, Americans annually terrorize a large rodent in the pagan ritual we lovingly ...

But why Feb. 2? The disappointing answer is that it just happened that way. Badger Day itself was derived from another holiday known as “Candlemas,” a Christian holiday held on Feb. 2 to ...

Catholic Candelmas. Eventually, these pagan traditions merged with Christianity and became what is known in the Catholic Church's calendar as Candlemas. Celebrated on February 2, Candlemas is the ...

Imbolc, the Pagan holiday, is celebrated from Saturday, Feb. 1, to Sunday, Feb. 2, at sundown, according to Pacific Lutheran University. ... It was later celebrated as Candlemas, ...

St. Joseph Cathedral, 401 Main St., Baton Rouge, will observe the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord (Candlemas) at all Masses this weekend. The feast, held 40 days after Christ’s nativity ...

Canterbury Cathedral will mark the end of its Christmas season this weekend with a Christingle service for Candlemas. From November until the end of January children are encouraged to decorate an ...

If Candlemas be fair and bright,Winter has another flight.If Candlemas brings clouds and rain,Winter will not come again. When Germans arrived in the Americas in the 1700s and settled in ...

Candlemas marks the mid-point between winter solstice and the spring equinox. Those who celebrate usually bless and distribute candles to symbolize the arrival of more sunlight after a long winter.