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How to Celebrate Lung Leavin' Day

The day got its names from Heather's sister. It is also a great day to celebrate not only victories over cancer, but over anything that can freeze you in your tracks. Heather and her husband Cameron hope that everyone can learn from their experience. If you can, find a plate and fill it up with a list of all your worries, fears and concerns. Then find a safe place and smash that bugger and know that as the plate falls to pieces, so can your fears. Find strength in the action of doing something. If that isn't your cup of tea you can do the same type of exercise with paper. Again, write all the worries down on the paper. Then either tear it to shreds or crumple it up! Don't let the fear take over and hold you still. Better yet, share your fears with someone. Share the load. It is easier to manage something big with help. There is no reason to keep the fear inside where it can grow and grow.

Finally, take a moment and smile. Yes, smile. I know you still remember how. No matter how dire things may seem, smile. Honor your battle. Honor your strength. Maybe even treat yourself to a cookie or ice cream. Know you are strong!

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Candle- what? Candlemas! Have you heard this holiday spoken about but never really understood what it is? Let's fix that right now! There are two answers that mostly depend upon which way you want to look at it. First is the Christian viewpoint, then there is the more ancient viewpoint of how the day was celebrated before Christianity came about.

We're going to take a look at both views so that you can understand it all and then find a way to make Candlemas a part of your yearly celebrations. Ready? Let's getting cracking and find out more!

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History of Candlemas

Near the end of the winter season, as ancient people looked forward to the planting season of spring, many different cultures found ways to celebrate this shift from the cold and dark days to a happier and more productive time of year. Ancient Celts took this time of year to honor the Goddess Brigid. Brigid was the Goddess of purification and fertility. They would honor her by processing from the village across the fields while praying for the health of their soil before planting. The Romans tied their festival to the God Lupercus. This was their God of fertility and shepherds, again playing into the desire to shake off winter's bindings and bring fertility and light to the planting time.

When Christianity was moving through the world, they too decided to place a festival of light around this time of year. Candlemas in the Christian tradition is better known by two different names The Feast of the Presentation of our Lord Jesus and The Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary. It is a tradition for the churches to bring forward all of the candles to be used for the rest of the year for a special blessing.

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How to Celebrate Candlemas

How can you jump into the Candlemas festivities? One way to do this is to follow the awesome tradition of packing up all of those great decorations that you spent so much time planning and setting up! And don't forget to look under the couch or wherever your pet likes to horde all of the little things that go missing in your house trust me you might even find some socks! Don't feel like parading down the streets to pray over the fields? How about bringing the proverbial light to your home by taking all your candles into a church to be blessed? Many still do this today thinking that this blessing will bring prosperity to the home as the candles burn. More blessings can't hurt right?!

Feeling a little more adventurous? How about a leisurely jog with a pack of stampeding bulls? In Mexico, during a week-long religious festival, this is exactly what they do. Not quite your cup of tea? Try eating some crepes or tamales as is traditional in many countries across the world. Perhaps while munching on those treats, you might try writing down some goals for the upcoming year. This is a symbolic act of "planting as you are making the beginning act of "growing the outcome.

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Marmot Day is a celebration of marmots, a group of large squirrel-like animals that includes groundhogs, woodchucks and ground squirrels. Even though marmots are found all over the world, from Canada to Mexico and from Russia to India, these animals don't seem to get the attention they deserve. Marmot Day was established in 2002 to celebrate these interesting creatures.

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Marmot Day festivities take many different forms. Marmot Day is an official holiday in Alaska, and it typically involves a family dinner where marmot jokes and anecdotes are shared. The city of Owosso in Michigan hosts a Marmot Day festival which offers many family activities and a marmot video contest.

Want to celebrate Marmot Day, but can't make it to Alaska or Michigan? No problem. If you live near marmot habitats, you can go marmot watching if not, you can try researching marmots online or buying yourself a stuffed marmot.

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Ouch! Hedgehog Day highlights these loveable creatures but heed this word of warning, don't get too close. As we all know hedgehogs are covered in spines but what you may not have known is that these spines are actually hollow hairs stiffened by keratin. Hedgehogs use their spines as a defense mechanism when under threat by rolling into a tight ball so all the spikes point outwards, what is less well known is that they also use them for cheese and pineapple during cocktail parties (there is yet to be any photographic evidence of this).

Hedgehogs rely heavily on their sense of smell; they can smell food under an inch of soil and can often sense the presence of danger. They tend to search for food at night and can travel a distance of 2-3 KMs. One very strange fact about hedgehogs is that they self-anoint which seems to be connected with irregular smells or tastes making them create large quantities of frothy saliva which they flick over their spines with their tongue (please do not disturb a hedgehog in the middle of this process, it's like catching someone in the shower).

There have been a number of famous hedgehogs in popular culture, the most famous probably being Sonic the Hedgehog, he's certainly the fastest. Beatrix Potter created Mrs. Tiggywinkle, another well-known hedgehog who happens to be extremely good at laundry; however, she has never washed Sonic's smelly trainers.

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Enjoy hedgehogs responsibly:

It's fine to offer food but cat/dog food is better than milk and bread

Always allow an escape route from your pond or water feature

Always check bonfires before lighting

Leave gaps in walls and fences to encourage the spiny visitors

Our research shows...

That Hedgehog Day is both a Roman tradition preceding the modern Groundhog Day', as well as the release date for Sonic The Hedgehog 3 in the USA, in 1994.

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It's that time again! Time to gaze towards Pennsylvania and watch a little groundhog scurry out of its den to tell the masses when to expect a break in winter weather and the spring breezes to flow. Yes, a groundhog... predicting the weather. Oh come now, stop laughing! It's tradition. It's fun and who doesn't feel the need for a little fun this far into winter? Come, sit and let's have a chat about this enduring custom. I'll bet by the end of our chat, you will be anxiously counting down the days until next Groundhog Day!

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History of Groundhog Day

Beginning in 1887 in the United States of America, Groundhog Day has grown in size and scope from its humble beginnings. When the United States made the day an official holiday, Clymer H. Freas was the editor of the Punxsutawney Spirit, a local newspaper in Punxsutawney Pennsylvania. He began to herald the town's groundhog as the official "Groundhog Day Meteorologist. Think about it. When you hear about this day who pops to mind? That's right! Punxsutawney Phil! Did you know there are countless other groundhogs who take this duty of predicting the weather just as seriously as Phil? Head over to that search engine and check it out! How accurate are these furry weather people? There is some debate over that but for dear old Phil the professionals say that he is correct about 39% of the time (if it were me, I'd give him the point and say 40% but hey, that's just my two cents!).

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