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| 1st Feb | La Feill Bhride | Otherwise known as St. Bride's Day. This is yet another religious festival that absorbs ancient Celtic traditions into the Christian calendar. St Bride is the patron saint of milkmaids. |
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| 2nd Feb | Candlemas Day | Many churches used to bless all the candles to be used during the year on this day. |
| 2nd Feb | Groundhog Day* | Groundhog Day is an American/Canadian holiday. According to folklore, if it is cloudy when a groundhog emerges from its burrow on this day, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If it is sunny, the groundhog will supposedly see its shadow and retreat back into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks We really don't celebrate this in the UK, probably due to the lack of groundhogs. |
| 6th Feb | National Sickie Day | Usually, the first Monday in February, is "national sickie day" - when bosses are most likely to discover that staff have stayed at home. This year it is the second Monday. |
| 14th Feb | Valentine's Day | Romance is in the air this month. Valentines Day is the day that sweethearts and couples let their romantic side show. |
| 21st Feb | Shrove Tuesday | Yum, yum, yum. Pancake Day is here again! Traditionally, all the foods that are forbidden during Lent – meat, eggs, fat and milk – are eaten up on Shrove Tuesday. |
| 20th - 26th Feb | National Chip Week | No, you aren't mistaken - we love our chips. |
| 17th - 22nd Feb | London Fashion Week | The créme de la créme of fashion descends on London this week. 170 designers will showcase their collections, from the sublime to the ridiculous, but never boring. |
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