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Candlemas lights, showdown in Prague, and what evil is

The Friday Pillar Post

Ed. Condon
Feb 03, 2023
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Candlemas lights, showdown in Prague, and what evil is

Happy Friday friends,

And a belated happy Candlemas to you all.

For those of you playing along at home, this really is the weekend where, if you haven’t taken down your Christmas lights by now, your neighbors now have license to judge you for it.

Candlemas is, of course, not just some arbitrary day when your husband acquires the canonical right to forbid y…

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