Sunday, February 02, 2025

Candlemas

Did you believe Christmas was over? Forty days after Christmas Eve, Candlemas is ceelbrated for the Mother of Christ, Virgin Mary. This is today.

The Swedish word for this day is a little old fashioned. It is Kyndelsmässodagen, where kyndel is originally the same word as candle. Mässa is, of course, the Swedish word for the mas written with one s in English. Dag is the Swedish word for day.

We do not celebrate Candlemas in any significant way. It is, however, Sunday this Candlemas, so we can all take it easy. This is good.

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