Candlemas
The day Mary and Joseph brought their new baby boy to the Temple to be dedicated. Two old people, Simeon and Anna, recognised who he was and proclaimed him 'the light of the nations'.
The day our tiny wooden Austrian angel goes away in her drawer. She comes out every year on 29 September for St Michael and All Angels and goes away on Candlemas Night. She is a bit fragile, and has only one wing.
The day we know there is little more daylight than there was a month ago.
The day the Celts looked for the coming of spring.
Now I'm going to light some candles.
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