If on Candlemas day it be shower and rain
Winter's gone and will not come again.
English traditional proverb
The above is from Wilson's Almanac, which appears to be a zany Australian's way of pulling together minutiae about every feast, commemoration, or anniversary on any given day. There's a whole lot more there on Candlemas and Ground Hog Day.
Last year on February 2nd I wrote a post on the same subject, and the links are probably still good.
In Brussels on this Candlemas Day (known as Chandeleur in French-speaking countries), it be snow and cold, so I'm not sure what that means for winter. But we did have the traditional crepes, so I'm not complaining.
My "clip art" file on this computer's Word suite only has a drawing of a Kinara for candles, but that's close enough. I had to look up Kinara on Wikipedia - now I know.
Since we're on matters of religion and the calendar, you might want to know that tomorrow 3 February is Saint Blaise Day. As a little Catholic in the States attending parochial school, the nuns were always sure to have our throats blessed to prevent choking from fish bones. As good little Catholics, we were certain to ingest fish every Friday, since eating meat was forbidden.
Happy Candlemas, and be sure to chew your fish well if you haven't gotten Saint Blaise's blessing with candles crossed on your throat. And don't light the candles.