Candlemas

Candlemas is the last festival in the Christian year that is dated by reference to Christmas; subsequent holidays are calculated with reference to Easter, so Candlemas marks the end of the Christmas and Epiphany season.

Related Topics:
Christian year - Christmas - Easter - Epiphany

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:"Down with the rosemary, and so

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:Down with the bays and misletoe ;

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:Down with the holly, ivy, all,

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:Wherewith ye dress'd the Christmas Hall"

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:::— Robert Herrick (1591-1674), "Ceremony upon Candlemas Eve"

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