Ophelia wrote:
> "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 Punxsutawney 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?

No, it's not a celebration; it's letting a wild animal predict the weather.
They are better at it than the men they pay on local television I would
rather the darned cute buck-teethed groundhog not see his shadow and let
winter go away.

It's pouring down rain here on Christmas Eve. I need to go to the store to
buy onions (or maybe shallots), celery and garlic to add to the cornbread
dressing I'm making tomorrow with the cornish game hens. And ingredients
for hollandaise sauce for the broccoli.

Happy Holidays!

Jill