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Tamsin Lewis · @passamezzo

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A #miniature, probably taken from a #bookofhours, showing the Feast of #Candlemas (2 February), with villagers taking candles to the #church to be blessed.
Simon Bening, c1550

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johnflomax · @johnflomax

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@Probertd8
If Christmas night is 1st, then 12th is tonight!
According to English Heritage however
"Falling exactly 40 days after Christmas, Candlemas (or the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary) was observed as the official end of Christmas in medieval England."
So Christmas doesn't end until Candlemas, Feast, Thursday, 2 February
#EndOfChristmas #12thNight #Candlemas #February2nd #ItAintOverTillItsOver