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tant this day was 3 Stonehenge, for example, is aligned with the
(cold/dark) energy to yang (light/positive) energy.
solstice sunrise, highlighting the moment the sun is reborn over
All of these holidays incorporate lights in some way, as a way
the horizon.
to keep the darkest night of the year at bay. We hang Christmas
One of the most well-known winter solstice festivals is the
lights on our houses, Hanukkah is the Festival of Lights, and we
Germanic/Norse Yule. To invite the sun to return again, a Yule
gather around our fireplaces with loved ones. No matter how you
log would be burnt and feasts would be had. Another ancient celcelebrate the winter solstice, all these traditions return back to the
ebration was the Roman Saturnalia festival, which honored the
patterns in nature during this time of year: we pull our loved ones
god Saturn through revelry and decking the halls with greenery.
close as a way to navigate the transition to quiet, darker, colder
December 25 was considered to be the
days, warming ourselves as we wait pabirthdate of the Roman sun god, Sol
tiently for spring.
All of these holidays incorporate lights
Invictus, and of Mithras, a SWANA
At Fairview Farm, you can find celin some way, as a way to keep the
(South West Asia/North Africa) culebration by observing the little happendarkest night of the year at bay. We
tural god.
ings of winter.