Candlemas (also spelled Candlemass), also known as the Feast of the Presentation of Our Lord Jesus and the Feast of the Purification of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is a Christian Holy Day commemorating the presentation of Jesus at the Temple. It is based upon the account of the presentation of Jesus in Luke 2:22-40.
An old English proverb goes thus: If candlemas be dry and bright Winter will have another bite. If Candlemas be grey and rain Winter will not come again.