I haven't decided yet..lol
Give me some good ideas!!! :o)
2007-12-17 11:55:48 · 13 answers · asked by iColorz 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Um... youre kidding right? Jerry Seinfeld's Festivus is more valid a holiday.
2007-12-17 12:02:02 · answer #1 · answered by John W 6 · 0⤊ 15⤋
The December Solstice and yule are on 2 distinctive days! The solstice is a movable pageant, held usually between 21 - 23 December. Christmas is often hung on December twenty 5th. Christmas is the party of the start of Christ, The December Solstice is a pageant honouring the longest night in NH, Longest day in SH. the trimmings might desire to be the comparable, however the excuses for it are 2 separate entities. KB, Pagan.
2016-11-03 21:53:29 · answer #2 · answered by serpa 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We put bird feeders out in the yard every winter solstice morning with our son.
Small gifts and homemade sun cookies are given to coworkers and our son's teachers.
I give a talk to my son's class every year about solstice (the old "flashlight and globe" demonstration). Here in Seattle, where we will have 8 hours of light and 16 hours of dark this week, the solstice is truly a day to celebrate! Woohoo! The days start getting longer now!!!
Solstice evening, we check on the bird feeders (picked clean, usually, or stolen by squirrels), then light candles, burn the Yule log (trunk from last year's solstice tree), have a feast with family and friends, talk about the past year, the year to come, hopes for the future, cycles of nature, etc.
Everyone drinks wassail and raises a toast to the Sun King.
Umm...that's about it. Oh, wait...we also make fun of Christians for pretending that "their" holiday is religious (hi, folks, just about every symbol of Christmas is Pagan in origin...SINNERS!!!!)
2007-12-18 09:28:29 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Burning a huge Yule log (hoping it will burn all night) * have family and friends over for a finger food potluck * doing a blot (a heathen ritual) - where we pass the horn with alcohol (one with cider for non-alcohol drinkers) * watching How the Grinch Stole Christmas * staying up all night to see the morning sun * sleeping
added: John W - when are you going to get the fact that pagans and heathens celebrate the old holidays that predate Christianity? We are out here and do celebrate the two solstices, the equinoxes and other holidays. You just looking for two points?
2007-12-17 12:16:42 · answer #4 · answered by Aravah 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
Our worship group has already had our Yule ritual, on the 15th -- we wanted to keep our calendars clear on that last crazy weekend before Christmas. We celebrated the rebirth of the sun out of the darkest and longest night of the year, raised energy and grounded it into homemade jellies, mead, and sweet cakes, and asked for the blessings of the Sun King as we discussed our hopes and dreams for the coming year.
2007-12-17 12:09:06 · answer #5 · answered by prairiecrow 7 · 6⤊ 1⤋
My Yule celebration often involves a quiet ritual... and the partying aspect happens on Christmas. I see no reason to not celebrate Christmas with my family, and the traditions are almost completely the same.
2007-12-17 12:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by xx. 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I'm not 100% sure, but I think I'll go out to the park and draw a solar wheel in the snow. I did this last year. I tend to get depressed whent he sun is so short in the sky, so it's important for my mental health that the days get longer again.
2007-12-17 14:27:16 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 1⤋
I will be quietly observing Yule with research and reflection. And hopefully maybe some tool consecration on the 23rd.
2007-12-17 12:01:32 · answer #8 · answered by ultraviolet1127 4 · 7⤊ 1⤋
I'm a pantheist... I will celebrate the solstice with a trip to Sun City... it's time for Vegas for me!
*imagining a cabana at the Luxor...*
2007-12-17 12:02:06 · answer #9 · answered by Ũniνέгsäl Рдnтsthέisт™ 7 · 9⤊ 1⤋
Well,
you could come down or over ..which ever the case may be..
To Our Haven ..We are having a Big Bon fire with about 50 peopel and a pot luck dinner ..Sat untill Sunday sun rise..
Hugs
Hummingbird
2007-12-17 15:37:53 · answer #10 · answered by Mary T 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I'm not doing anything in particular to honor the Solstice.... I will be celebrating the Rural Dionysia that weekend though.....
2007-12-17 12:03:41 · answer #11 · answered by Anne Hatzakis 6 · 7⤊ 1⤋