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Candlemas Day

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Noun1.Candlemas Day - feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the templeCandlemas Day - feast day commemorating the presentation of Christ in the temple; a quarter day in Scotland
Candlemas, Feb 2
quarter day - a Christian holy day; one of four specified days when certain payments are due
Feb, February - the month following January and preceding March
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Also 40 days after Christmas comes Candlemas Day (February 2) to mark the end of the Christmas season.
FRANCIS WOOD CHURCH MATTERS by Evening Chronicle (Newcastle, England)
THE Latin beats of Mexico come to Liverpool tomorrow night when Savina Mexican restaurant, on Duke Street, invites you to help them celebrate Dia de la Candelaria - better known as Candlemas Day - at the restaurant.
Develop a taste for Mexico; happening by Daily Post (Liverpool, England)
Groundhog Day is a US 'holiday' (although nobody gets a day off) which takes its tradition from the German Candlemas day.
Strange But True GROUNDHOG DAY by Birmingham Mail (England)
 
 
 
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