Christmas was designed to replace the winter solstice. Similarly, Easter began as a celebration of the vernal equinox.
At least the solstice means something, for everyone on earth, sun is at its greatest distance from the equatorial plane resulting in the shortest, (or longest if south of the equator) day of the year.
This year the Solstice occurs on the 22nd of December. But I'll still celebrate the season during my days off from work, the 25th and 26th.
Merry solstice to all and to all a good night!
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2006-11-30 12:13:44 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Just have a joyous Holiday and call it anything you want. Let each call it what they want and share some love and light all around.♥
2006-12-01 15:57:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 0⤋
First to the" CHRISTMAS IS A FEDERAL HOLIDAY" person.
so is Columbus day. but i see no need to celebrate the life af a slaver, rapist, and murderer.
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now to answer your question.
i will be celebrating the solstice this year with my grove of happy pagans.
then i will be celebrating Christmas with my family and Christian friends.
and i will be going to some neighbors homes for their respective holiday celebrations as they will be comming to my home for mine.
the reason for the celebration was to give people hope in the darkest time of the year and to celebrate the re-birth of the sun.
and to thank the gods for the return of the much needed warming light.
i do not care what people are celebrating so long as they are taking some tome to be happy and enjoy their lives.
so
Happy Merry ChristmHaunnaYulRammaKwanStice.
May the god or gods of your choice shower blessings of joy and happiness on you and yours.
2006-11-30 14:22:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Seems you've got your facts all lined up, and spelled out pretty clearly - altho the religious faction of participants here would rather you not repeat this information. . .
My 'astrological' calendar indicates that the solstice occurs on:
December 21, at 7:23pm (US Eastern Time Zone)
But we shall be doing the fire ceremony on 12/20, after 7pm, as the early Celts celebrated the Solstice, the eve before the day - after sundown, and before midnite.
Happy Solstice celebration to you and yours, also.
2006-11-30 12:23:13 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Merry Solstice to you as well, and happy Hannukah to the Jews and happy Kwanzaa to those who celebrate it and merry Christmas to my fellow Christians. The reason for the celebration is relative to your belief, luckily I have a big enough level of intelligence to tolerate all of them and to respect each for what they are. A season can hold special meaning for everyone for a different reason but I will celebrate it for what I consider special. I know Jesus was probably born in Aug. or Sept. but since no specific date is actually given, I am happy to borrow and share the holiday with others.
2006-11-30 12:19:19 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Happy Solstice to you as well! I would have to disagree with your statement that Christmas is not meaningful as the Solstice is. Though it is not celebrated on the appropriate date, I see nothing wrong with celebrating the birth of Christ at this time and that to many is very meaningful.
Love and Blessings throughout the Season!
2006-11-30 12:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by Celestian Vega 6 · 3⤊ 2⤋
"The reason for the season" is the Earth's axial tilt!!!
Happy Solstice! May the returning Sun shine into your life with the comforting warmth of hearth-fire.
2006-11-30 12:50:48 · answer #6 · answered by Praise Singer 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
And a Blessed Yule to you! I actually enjoy having a "minority" religion. It gives me a night alone to celebrate with my sweetheart before we have to start running between his family and mine for Christmas. Ah the perils of being raised United Methodist, converting to Wicca, and falling in love with an ex-Catholic...
Bright blessings! I love this time of year.
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2006-11-30 14:57:06 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Thank you.
The way I see it, if anybody wishes me a happy solstice, or happy Hanukkah, or Kwanzaa, it all comes down to them wishing me a good day and so, even if I don't celebrate it: I say thank you and take it for the kind gesture it was intended to be.
In that same reasoning that's why I will still say to folks "Merry Christmas." and I hope, even if they don't celebrate it, they will take it for the kind gesture of wishing them a happy day that it was intended to be.
2006-11-30 12:19:07 · answer #8 · answered by daisyk 6 · 4⤊ 1⤋
I just got done flushing! I'm with you. Happy Solstice!
2006-11-30 12:20:23 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
Merry Christmas is classic around the following....and that i imagine that is what I choose....even if I did positioned "Seasons Greetings" contained in the Christmas playing cards I ordered and despatched very last 3 hundred and sixty 5 days because i presumed it will be extra perfect to three human beings.
2016-11-28 02:42:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋