Today, the feast Candlemas, traditionally marks the 40th day of – and conclusion to – the Christmas-Epiphany season; but, maybe, it doesn't need to be... Charles Dickens certainly thought that was an option, as evidenced by Ebenezer Scrooge's declaration towards the end of in A Christmas Carol (1843):
“I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year."
[Illustration: Roberto Innocenti, A Christmas Carol (1990)]
No comments:
Post a Comment