"On the whole, I do not find Christians, outside the catacombs, sufficiently sensible of the conditions. . . . It is madness to wear ladies' straw hats and velvet hats to church; we should all be wearing crash helmets. Ushers should issue life preservers and signal flares; they should lash us to our pews." -- Annie Dillard
"Candlemass" is January 2 for "Angelicans", although Candlemas is February 2 for the rest of us. A visitor points out that since Christmas was August 16 last year, "Candlemass" should be in September, 40 days after Christmas.