Typo alert: Sorry, that Marmot definition above should have said "...burrowing rodent..."

By the way, Candlemas doesn't seem to be a big deal around these parts; I'm sure most folks don't even know about it. Perhaps the Catholic church celebrates it, but in contrast to Kevin's description of "candles everywhere" overseas, there are basically "candles nowhere" here (except the occasional house where the Christmas lights in the windows are still turned on at night) (then again, some people leave those turned on all year 'round).