Ours was a little more hectic that I had wanted.....my Dad came for a visit with very little notice, which was a huge blessing, but it did upset our routine a bit. We did ice lanterns, and, as we had soooooo much snow, we also went out in the yard and put tea lights in the snow. Pretty! We had crepes for dinner, both savory and sweet, to represent the sun. I told the kids the story of the Presentation and we listened to several settings of the Nunc Dimittis (I sing in an Evensong choir and most of the recordings were ours). It was my Dad's last evening with us before flying home, so that added to the solemnity of dinner. We lit a beeswax candle shaped like a bee hive and gave thanks to the bees for the years' coming candles (because I am certainly not organized enough to get a year's supply to bless all at once!).
The next day we celebrated Lunar New Year...more pared down than our usual big feast, but it still made for a long two days. Oh, and we had a 5th birthday that week, too. Phew! I sort of wish I'd delayed New Year, as it lasts a couple of weeks anyway. Live and learn.
I would have liked to incorporate more of St Brigid into our celebration. Maybe that can wait until my oldest is doing Saints and Heroes...I suspect that we will find a few saints that year who will work their way into our yearly cycle.
ETA, I also put away our crèche and our kings. We intended to do chalk tracings of our shadows, but didn't get to that...too much snow!
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