Happy Saint JtB Day 🥳🎂

[JtB]

Mrs JtB is Spanish and so for us our Saints’ days are as important as our birthdays. Since today is the Nativity of John the Baptist then 24-June is my Saint’s day. I’m not sure though I’d want to eat locust and wild honey or wear camel’s hair garments (per my avatar).

 

[Shadow]

Today is indeed St Jean Baptiste Day. And in Quebec it is a national holiday but not in rest of Canada.
A good friend of mine had his birthday yesterday, so always enjoyed a day off after his birthday. Which was useful if he had a hangover!

 

[classic33]

His head is said to be buried within the the walls of the local Parish Church.

 

[Svendo]

His head is said to be buried within the the walls of the local Parish Church.

That’s possibility no. 5 according to this article which has 4 other claims
https://www.history.com/news/saint-john-the-baptist-head-where

 

[classic33]

That’s possibility no. 5 according to this article which has 4 other claims

Also appears on the old version of the towns coat of arms.

 

[Drago]

And today is Mini D's 12th Birtday. We're throwing a party at a kids activity centre in town and the parent sof Mini D's friends will doubtless all make some enquiring comment about me being 2 decades or more older than them - it gets a bit tiresome after the first few years...