Night shot of large mound of Xmas trees behind a barrier with banner "Christmas Tree recycling site"
Last night was #Candlemas - a medieval superstition said if Xmas stuff was still around you'd be visited by goblins 😱
www.english-heritage.org.uk/christmas/le...
"How many leaves there be
Neglected there, maids, trust to me,
So many goblins you shall see"
Watch out @brighton-hove.gov.uk!
👿👺👿👺👿👺
Mexicans take Baby Jesus figures for blessing to mark Candlemas
Worshippers carrying Baby Jesus figurines gathered in Mexico City for the traditional blessing to mark the Christian feast day of Candlemas. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #Americas #Mexico #Candlemas 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the…
Good to have all the students & staff from St Peters York & our prep school gathered @yorkminster.bsky.social for our Candlemas Eucharist yesterday
#stpetersyork #yorkminster #York #shinejesusshine #candlemas
#Candlemas
"If Candlemas Day be fair and bright, Winter will have another flight, If on Candlemas Day be shower and rain, Winter is gone, and will not come again."
Groundhog Day remains a reminder that traditions do not need grandeur to survive, only people willing to show up year after year.
Follow the page for more daily history!
#GroundhogDay #Punxsutawney #AmericanFolklore #Candlemas #WeatherLore #LocalHistory
CANDLEMAS: FEAST OF FLAMES by Amber K & Azrael Arynn K AFTER CANDLEMAS by Ruth M. Arthur & Margery Gill DEATH AT CANDLEMAS by Iris Collier ACADIAN TRADITIONS ON CANDLEMAS DAY by Georges Arsenault THE ALEXANDRIAN BOOK OF SHADOWS by Sekhet Sophia CANDLEMAS EVE by Jeffrey Sackett
HIS CANDLEMAS HOPE by Marly Mathews CANDLEMAS - 1588: A CALENDAR OF CRIME by Shirley McKay BELL, BOOK & CANDLEMAS by Jennifer David Hesse CANDLEMAS by John Hamish Watson, IIII IMBOLIC: THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO BRIGID, AND CANDLEMAS AND HOW IT'S CELEBRATED IN CHRISTIANITY, WICCA, DRUIDRY, AND CELTIC PAGANISM by Mari Silva THE WITCH OF CANDLEMAS by Doel Martinez
Candlemas marks the midway point between winter and spring, symbolizing the return of light and the stirring of new life within the Earth. Here are some books centered around Candlemas.
Book lists in ALT text.🕯️
#candlemas #returnofthelight #celebratecandlemas #candlemasbooks #bookstagram
CANDLEMAS DAY
Who left all these candles burning? Such a fire hazard!
Copyright ©️ John Irvine, 2026
#candlemas #candlemass #candlemasday #candlemassday #candles
painting of a woman in antique clothing reading a prayer book and holding beads stands in front of a window and lit candle, tempera over gesso on mahogany wood, Candlemas Day by Marianne Stokes (1855-1927) c. 1901, Tate #T02108, Presented by the Trustees of the Chantrey Bequest 1977, public domain
To those who celebrate, may you walk in #light.
#Candlemas
#Imbolc
#StBrigidsday
Enjoy your #crossquarterday.
Northern Hemisphere is ~halfway from #wintersolstice to #vernalequinox; #Spring is coming.
#astrophysics #calendar #season #solstice #equinox #Earth #Sun #histsci
Today is #Candlemas.
Simeon and Anna's encounter with baby Jesus is every bit as wondrous and significant as the shepherds or magi, yet easy to miss in the flurry of Christmas!
I love it 🥹
This is their moment, holding that precious bundle of hope, in Joseph's Boy 🕯
#TheYoungTestament
#MG #BookSky
Yesterday's service for #Candlemas was recorded at St Barnabas, #Ottawa | www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyuR...
The nave of the cathedral with a statue of the holy family surrounded by candles.
A beautiful evening
The Eucharist for Candlemas followed by an incredible organ recital of Messiaen's La Nativité du Seigneur, played by our Organist @mancathedral.bsky.social, Chris Stokes, with narration in both French and English
The absolute perfect way to end Christmas
#Candlemas
Happy #Candlemas and happy World Day of #ConsecratedLife to you all! #TodaysHeaven & I are arriving late to the party, but still in time to bring Love & light to life...
allthislifeandheaventoo.blogspot.com/2026/02/brin...
#ReligiousLife #SimplyLife #Choice4God #NunsOfBlueSky
Candlemas is the last official day of Christmastide. The decorations are put away, and now we wait in hopeful joy for Savior Spirit to begin his great work with Mother Spirit at his side. Amen.
#ChristoPagan #CatholicMystic #Candlemas #Spring #Imbolc
Just in time for Candlemas, Candlemas Lilies, in particular my 'Porlock 2'. #Candlemas #Imbolc #Galanthophile
Today is #Candlemas so here is a little Wiltshire folklore from #JohnAubrey. ‘In south Wiltshire the constant observation is that if droppes doe hang upon the hedges on Candlemas day, it will be a good pease-yeare. It is generally agreed on to be matter of fact.’
Happy #Candlemas and #StBrigidsday to all who celebrate! 🕯️💚🕯️💚
It's #GroundhogDay, which derived from #Candlemas, which derived from pagan and agrarian traditions. Where it all came from and went to. Plus, bonus groundhog #wine pairing suggestions! Really. #winewriter #foodwriter #Winesky #Foodsky #WritingCommunity
open.substack.com/pub/hankzona...
#OnThisDay, Feb 2nd:
People gather at Gobblers Knob to witness the meteorological prognostications of a rodent of unusual size. For those unaware of the origins of #GroundhogDay, they can be traced back to traditions associated with the celebrations of #Candlemas and #Imbolc in Europe.
#OnThisDay Feb 2nd:
Is the celebration of #Candlemas. Traditionally, household candles were blessed at this, the last of three ‘light’ festivals in the Catholic Church; the first two being Advent and Christmas. It coincided with the pre-Christian festival of #Imbolc.
Happy #Candlemas to those celebrating!
“O worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness!
Bow down before him, his glory proclaim; with gold of obedience, and incense of lowliness, kneel and adore him, the Lord is his name”.
#candlemas #eveningprayer
Let the flame of your love brighten our souls and illumine our path
and let the majesty of your glory be our joy, our life, and our strength
now and for ever.
Amen.
— Johann Arndt, 1555-1621.
2/2 #Candlemas #Prayer
📸: Huma Kabakci via Unsplash.
A prayer for the Feast of #Candlemas:
Let the flame of your love never be quenched in our hearts, O Lord.
Waking or sleeping, living, or dying, let us delight in your presence.
1/2 #LetUsPray
A Christmas Tree Night-light
Happy #Candlemas! 40 days after Christmas, Candlemas is when Christians remember Jesus being taken to the Jewish Temple as a baby. Church candles are often blessed at Candlemas. It’s also when any decorations which are still up REALLY need to come down! www.whychristmas.com/customs...
Whatever the case may be, time to bake some pancakes, as is the regional tradition for #Candlemas, #Lichtmis, #Chandeleur, #Candelora.
Smakelijk ! 🥞
