Merry Imbolc !!

This is always a day of some contention among some of my multiple personalities. My Beaker People persona celebrates it as Imbolc, and for him it's the day halfway between the Winter Solstice and the Spring Equinox. It's always a time to look forward to the thawing of the snowy weather. He says the Druids stole the day and profaned it. See here. . My Druid persona calls it Brigid's Day. For him, it's a day to honor Brigid, who among other things, is the patron goddess of multiple personalities, since she had three of them. He says the early Roman Catholic church stole the day and profaned it. See here. . My Estonian freedom fighter, being Catholic, knows it as Candlemas, and lights dozens of candles all over the house to celebrate the visit of Mary with 40-day-old Jesus to the temple for purification, as recounted in Luke. He thinks the Germans stole it a long time ago and profaned it. See here. . My Gnostic persona, thinks it is a day of weather divination, but feels that the idea of Groundhog Day's Punxatawny Phil is just a trifle silly. Now a prognosticating badger, or bear, or even a snake - that's a lot more believable. See here. He thinks Bill Murray stole it and profaned it by making a film, whose only redeeming quality is that involves time-travel. Kinda. . And my Carthagenian general persona thinks all of the above personae are superstitious geese and need to get a life. He kinda enjoyed the film. See here.