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Crepe Day is celebrated in France. But it has been known that people in the US and Bavaria also celebrate this day.
Crepe Day is celebrated by every family in France and they invite friends over to eat crepes together.
Crepes were made in 472 when they were offered to French Catholic pilgrims who had come on a pilgrimage to Rome to celebrate La Chandeleur. However, its first celebration is unknown.
It is not clear as to who started Crepe Day, but it is believed to have been started by Pope Gelasio I.
The history of crepes dates as far back as the 13th century in Brittany, France, when a housewife accidentally dropped some buckwheat porridge onto a flat hot cooktop. Since she didn't want to waste what she cooked, she ate it, and the crepe was born. The Popes used to offer crepes to the French Pilgrims when they came to Rome to encourage the idea of sharing.
The French celebrate la Chandeleur on February 2, which officially marks the end of Christmas celebrations. In this respect, this is a religious holiday, and Christians are supposed to clear the nativity scene of Christ by this day. Now it is a day dedicated to making and eating crepes. On this day, French people get together to make delicious crepes, somewhat like pancake day of the UK, Ireland, and other English-speaking countries.
Crepe Day is also a superstitious day. So making crepes is full of all kinds of rituals. The cooking process involves holding a gold coin in your right hand and the pan in your left hand. While flipping the pan, you also toss the coin in the air and make a wish. You are blessed with a prosperous year ahead if you can do both without dropping the coin or the crepe. While cooking the crepe, they keep a coin on top to ensure good luck. People save the first crepe on the top drawer of a wardrobe for prosperity and luck. Another way to observe the day is to drink cider not from a glass but from a round bowl.
Crepe Day is connected to the Catholic feast of Candlemas. On this day, all over France, families get together to eat crepes because they believe that it stands for prosperity.
Also called la Chandeleur when the French light candles in their homes. It is celebrated exactly forty days after Christmas. It is celebrated to remember the blessing of the Virgin Mary. It falls at the midway point between winter equinox and spring solstice. At la Chandeleur, winters either get better or worse.
On Candlemas day or Crepe Day, if it rains, then it will mean a good wheat harvest. Like on groundhog day, the French believed that if the groundhog sees its shadow, then they will soon have a sunny day.
There are no conditions for celebrating this day.
It was probably started by Pope Gelasius.
There is a lot of buzz when you celebrate Crepe Day because it's a holiday, and since winter is at its final hour and the sun is staying out longer, there are many reasons why this is a happy day.
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| February 01, 2020 | Saturday |
| February 01, 2021 | Monday |
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