Midwinter solstice

Winter is about joy and celebration. Embrace the season's charm with these uplifting and relatable winter quotes.

My favorite time of day is here. I always like to be home when it gets dark. Sometimes that's hard to do in the winter when the days are short but I usually manage. I'm definitely a winter person. This snow scene with the moon is lovely, isn't it? Have a great evening. xo via

It’s the holiday season, which is the time of year that we celebrate many Witches' favorite day. Put the Yule log on the fire, set the feast, and hang the mistletoe. Around December 21st, we gear up to celebrate Yule, also known as the Winter Solstice or Midwinter. Throughout centuries and across cultures, we have...

I tried to capture the magick of the Wiccan Sabbats and of nature in this fanciful image of standing stones, the full moon, winter, and the Goddess as hills in the background. I later took a part of it to be the cover of my Winter Solstice card. I'll put that up soon.

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Fire for the Winter Solstice - Celebrate the beginning of our Earths renewal.

Bescherkind meaning Gift child in German, or Dzecetko meaning Child in Sorbian is a character from Sorbian (Baltic Serbian) folklore. It is the oldest unmarried girl in the village, dressed up as a "bride". She is probably representing the young Spring Earth which brings presents of new crops, new food. She visits houses on last Wednesday before Christmas (originally probably on Winter Solstice day) accompanied by two or more girls dressed in traditional Sorbian dress, bringing good luck and…

Here begins the year of Tove Jansson. 100 years since her birth, The Egg theatre in Bath bring us the UK’s very first staging of one of her Moomin stories (ridiculous!). The year also sees th…

Here comes the sun, here comes the sun, and I say it's all right . . . —the Beatles WINTER SOLSTICE this year will be marked by a number of simultaneous celestial events. There will be a lot to see in the sky on December 20-21, which will be replete with a full moon, a total lunar eclipse, and the Ursid meteor shower. So it's definitely a time to wish upon a star—I'll start with the brightest and best—the unblinking sun at the center of our solar system. NOT SINCE 1638 (372 years ago) have…

The Wiccan celebration of Yule has many aspects, but it is easy to make it your own.