"jmcquown" > wrote in message
...
> Ophelia wrote:
>> "Bob Terwilliger" > wrote in message
>> ...
>>> Jill wrote:
>>>
>>>> Okay, Christmas/Chanukah/Hannukah/Kwanzaa is almost over. We still
>>>> have
>>>> to get through Hogmanay (happy new year!). After that there isn't
>>>> anything to really celebrate, unless you count Valentines Day...
>>>> For that, bake two round cakes... cut one in half and wrap it
>>>> around the other
>>>> round cake to form a heart. Frost it. Put some halved
>>>> strawberries
>>>> on
>>>> the top. Say "I love you" and you're done.
>>>>
>>>> Now, we're up to Easter.
>>>
>>> WHAT???
>>>
>>> You forgot Chinese New Year, Mardi Gras, Martin Luther King's
>>> Birthday,
>>> Groundhog Day, President's Day, St. Patrick's Day, and the Ides of
>>> March.
>>> And with a bit more effort, I'm sure I could find at least
>>> half-a-dozen more
>>> reasons to celebrate between Christmas and Easter.
>>
>> What is Groundhog day please?
>>
>> http://www.qpat.co.uk/
>
> Oh dear... the problem is some people believe a ground hog (which is a
> small
> furry animal) can tell if it will be a cold winter. So they sit and
> wait
> for this critter to come outside and see if it will see its shadow.
> If it
> does, it fortells 6 more weeks of winter. The "official" ground hog
> is
> known as Punxsutaney Phil
>
> http://www.punxsutawneyphil.com/
>
> He can tell the weather... um... yeah, right. I can tell you if it
> will be
> cold and when I'm baking scones. That would be this morning

Thanks)) We have St Swithin's day when it is believed that if it rains
on that day, it will continue to rain for 40 days and 40 nights)
BUT,... you say you celebrate it! How?

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