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Can't wait for Easter!
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http://www.qpat.co.uk/
"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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!
You too
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