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A festive fable
As a greeting to the author's friends and readers, here is a seasonal fable, "The September nymph."
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As a greeting to the author's friends and readers, here is a seasonal fable, "The September nymph."
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A Stonehenge Gingerbread House
This recipe is a fun variant of the traditional gingerbread house created around the holidays and like the original, if this one falls apart, it's still acceptable!
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This recipe is a fun variant of the traditional gingerbread house created around the holidays and like the original, if this one falls apart, it's still acceptable!
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Celebrate the Season -- Winter Solstice Greetings
The snow is always whiter and the moon shines brighter in our memories. Celebrating the season can increase our sense of pride and identity as people who choose to live in this land, Canada.
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The snow is always whiter and the moon shines brighter in our memories. Celebrating the season can increase our sense of pride and identity as people who choose to live in this land, Canada.
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Christmas Before Christ?
Did Christmas really begin with the birth of Jesus or did it originate from ancient pagan traditions?
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Did Christmas really begin with the birth of Jesus or did it originate from ancient pagan traditions?
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Christmas Legends Minus Xmas
Christmas legends of a different kind.
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Christmas legends of a different kind.
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Evergreen Gifts for Yule
Pine boughs are more than decorations. Honor the season with pine baths, teas, potpourris, massage oils and firestarters.
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Pine boughs are more than decorations. Honor the season with pine baths, teas, potpourris, massage oils and firestarters.
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Have A Happy Hobbit Holiday
Winter holidays the Hobbits celebrated, compared to holidays we celebrate today.
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Winter holidays the Hobbits celebrated, compared to holidays we celebrate today.
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Holiday Reading: The Winter Solstice
Books to help celebrate and explain the Winter Solstice, and a special note on our family's festivities.
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Books to help celebrate and explain the Winter Solstice, and a special note on our family's festivities.
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Is It Spring Yet? . . . Ask the Groundhog
How do groundhogs know it's spring? Here's a little background on their shadowy past
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How do groundhogs know it's spring? Here's a little background on their shadowy past
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Merry Yule To All!
Tis The Season to Be Joyful.
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Tis The Season to Be Joyful.
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Millennium Solstice Moon
evoking luck in love by the full moon/solstice light
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evoking luck in love by the full moon/solstice light
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Surviving the Winter Holidays
Tips for getting through the holiday season, including how to incorporate new Pagan holidays into old family traditions.
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Tips for getting through the holiday season, including how to incorporate new Pagan holidays into old family traditions.
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The Mystery of Newgrange
The mystery of the Bru na Boinne, particularly Newgrange, are briefly explored, and a few of the myths surrounding it, discussed.
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The mystery of the Bru na Boinne, particularly Newgrange, are briefly explored, and a few of the myths surrounding it, discussed.
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The Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice marks the time of the year when the light returns as the sun shifts and starts to move northward again.
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Winter Solstice marks the time of the year when the light returns as the sun shifts and starts to move northward again.
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There is grace in giving.
Give Food, Give Life
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Give Food, Give Life
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Tis' The Season
The Winter Solstice is the season for sharing.
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The Winter Solstice is the season for sharing.
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Victory at Winter Solstice
As the weather turns more unpleasant, I've kept reminding myself that if I stop getting outside each day, I'll only be letting myself down. A perfect winter day rewards my efforts with beauty and hope.
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As the weather turns more unpleasant, I've kept reminding myself that if I stop getting outside each day, I'll only be letting myself down. A perfect winter day rewards my efforts with beauty and hope.
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Wheel of the Year 101: Yule
An overview of Yule and other winter solstice celebrations. This is the final article in the "Wheel of the Year 101" series.
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An overview of Yule and other winter solstice celebrations. This is the final article in the "Wheel of the Year 101" series.
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Winter Solstice
The cold dark days of December arrive with the winter solstice, and two meteor showers surround the date, bringing brief bursts of light.
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The cold dark days of December arrive with the winter solstice, and two meteor showers surround the date, bringing brief bursts of light.
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Winter Solstice
All religions and faiths created some form of ceremony to mark the darkest time of the year, either out of fear that the sun would not return or to break the monotony of the dark cold days. At the Solstice we celebrate new life and new beginnings.
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All religions and faiths created some form of ceremony to mark the darkest time of the year, either out of fear that the sun would not return or to break the monotony of the dark cold days. At the Solstice we celebrate new life and new beginnings.
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Winter Solstice
The Winter Solstice is a time for inner reflection and celebration.
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The Winter Solstice is a time for inner reflection and celebration.
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Winter Solstice
Sam Wormley talks about the true meaning of the Solstice.
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Sam Wormley talks about the true meaning of the Solstice.
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Winter Solstice
Winter Solstice also known as Yule, Christmas, and Saturnalia, occurs in mid December
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Winter Solstice also known as Yule, Christmas, and Saturnalia, occurs in mid December
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Winter Solstice 2000
Winter Solstice 2000 begins on December 21st at 5:37 am. PST. It's roots are in ancient traditions and beliefs.
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Winter Solstice 2000 begins on December 21st at 5:37 am. PST. It's roots are in ancient traditions and beliefs.
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Winter Solstice and Dark Days
As the calendar year winds down, so too does our Northern Hemisphere solar year, except that the sun reaches its cycle's end, the Winter Solstice, nine days before the last page of 2001 is ripped from the wall. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, but ironically is <u>not</u> the date of either the earliest sunset or the latest sunrise.
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As the calendar year winds down, so too does our Northern Hemisphere solar year, except that the sun reaches its cycle's end, the Winter Solstice, nine days before the last page of 2001 is ripped from the wall. The Winter Solstice is the shortest day of the year, but ironically is <u>not</u> the date of either the earliest sunset or the latest sunrise.
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Winter Solstice Festivals
Ancient cultures, so many of them dependent upon agriculture, celebrated major festivals on or around the day of the Winter Solstice.
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Ancient cultures, so many of them dependent upon agriculture, celebrated major festivals on or around the day of the Winter Solstice.
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A History Of Christmas
Christmas is really a latter day tradition. Harvest festivals have always surrounded the winter solstice.
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Christmas is really a latter day tradition. Harvest festivals have always surrounded the winter solstice.
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A Season to Celebrate
Canada is by law and constitution a multicultural nation where the rights of all religions are protected equally. The application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms continues to evolve.
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Canada is by law and constitution a multicultural nation where the rights of all religions are protected equally. The application of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms continues to evolve.
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Alcyon – Bird of Peace and Calm
Halcyon birds, according to Greek mythology, bring us days of peace and calm around Christmas time--halcyon days. The bird in the legend is the European Kingfisher.
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Halcyon birds, according to Greek mythology, bring us days of peace and calm around Christmas time--halcyon days. The bird in the legend is the European Kingfisher.
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Celebrating Yule
The Winter Solstice is about more than Christmas presents. Celebrate the Goddess and the return of the Sun!
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The Winter Solstice is about more than Christmas presents. Celebrate the Goddess and the return of the Sun!
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Eclectic Homemaking Last Minute Christmas
There will not be any panicking or stressing out over last minute gifts in this household.
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There will not be any panicking or stressing out over last minute gifts in this household.
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Folklore, Meteors and Planets
The end of autumn/beginning of winter edition of the night sky is always a bestseller. I mean, what night sky could offer us more in the way of folklore than this, the night sky of December?
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The end of autumn/beginning of winter edition of the night sky is always a bestseller. I mean, what night sky could offer us more in the way of folklore than this, the night sky of December?
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Happy Holidays, Sad Holidays
An article about how hard emotionally the holiday season can be for many people. Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, New Years, or any other holiday - the key is to be Loving to your self by not buying into false expectations or “shoulds” that are the programming of old tapes. Another repeat of a seasonal article.
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An article about how hard emotionally the holiday season can be for many people. Whether you are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Winter Solstice, Kwanzaa, New Years, or any other holiday - the key is to be Loving to your self by not buying into false expectations or “shoulds” that are the programming of old tapes. Another repeat of a seasonal article.
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Inti Raymi: Incan Sun Festival
Cusco's largest celebration of the year, held every June 24, re-enacts the ancient Inca ceremony welcoming the winter solstice in Peru.
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Cusco's largest celebration of the year, held every June 24, re-enacts the ancient Inca ceremony welcoming the winter solstice in Peru.
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Let Us Go A Wassailing
Caroling has its place in Paganism as well as Christianity this time of year. Here are some Pagan renditions of commonly sung holiday carols.
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Caroling has its place in Paganism as well as Christianity this time of year. Here are some Pagan renditions of commonly sung holiday carols.
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Let us Orpheus Theosophical
Getting theosophical about Orpheus and Eurydice in connection to the WInter Solstice and resurrection myths. The Theosophists, notoblay Madame Blavatsky, points out that the Church borrowed from the pagans and Eleusian Mysteries and perhaps Christianity is Mithraism in a different change of clothes.
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Getting theosophical about Orpheus and Eurydice in connection to the WInter Solstice and resurrection myths. The Theosophists, notoblay Madame Blavatsky, points out that the Church borrowed from the pagans and Eleusian Mysteries and perhaps Christianity is Mithraism in a different change of clothes.
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Solstice
Solstice occurs twice a year. It happens when either the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun so that the hemisphere has the longest day of the year.
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Solstice occurs twice a year. It happens when either the northern or southern hemisphere is tilted towards the Sun so that the hemisphere has the longest day of the year.
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Survival Guide for Holiday Parties
Planning, lists, invitations, help, food, drink and activities, it's a lot of work putting together a fun holiday party. Here's some tips for a fun holiday party!
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Planning, lists, invitations, help, food, drink and activities, it's a lot of work putting together a fun holiday party. Here's some tips for a fun holiday party!
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Yule Pagan Celebration
Day of joy and rebirth.... Solar festival celebrated by Yule log's fire.... Holly, ivy, evergreens and mistletoe adorn windows, doors, rooms and halls.... Rejoice! Merry
winter solstice • yule • pagan celebration • winter solstice • yuletide • fire festival
Day of joy and rebirth.... Solar festival celebrated by Yule log's fire.... Holly, ivy, evergreens and mistletoe adorn windows, doors, rooms and halls.... Rejoice! Merry
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Yule: Origins and Customs
Yule is the name for the pagan festival which celebrates the Winter Solstice and many present day customs originate from those traditions.
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Yule is the name for the pagan festival which celebrates the Winter Solstice and many present day customs originate from those traditions.
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25 Holiday Crafts
I'll be adding a new article daily with easy sewing and needlework projects that you can use as gifts or decoration -- no matter what holiday or season you celebrate.
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I'll be adding a new article daily with easy sewing and needlework projects that you can use as gifts or decoration -- no matter what holiday or season you celebrate.
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Astrology: Our Roadmap to Life
Astrological interpretation has been misunderstood by many. Astologers have perfected the art of interpretation and can apply this knowledge to anyone's life.
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Astrological interpretation has been misunderstood by many. Astologers have perfected the art of interpretation and can apply this knowledge to anyone's life.
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Christmas Timeline
The time around Christmas is action packed with commemorations and celebrations of the many events that make up that first, magical Christmas.
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The time around Christmas is action packed with commemorations and celebrations of the many events that make up that first, magical Christmas.
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Cobble Street Cousins
Three Ready for Chapters books by Cynthia Rylant and Wendy Anderson Halperin
winter solstice • children's books • picture books • cynthia rylant • cobble street cousins series • in aunt lucy's kitchen
Three Ready for Chapters books by Cynthia Rylant and Wendy Anderson Halperin
winter solstice • children's books • picture books • cynthia rylant • cobble street cousins series • in aunt lucy's kitchen
Cooking During The Holiday Season
Here is an article that shares some recipe traditions from around the world! Try my Mexican eggnog, or maybe my mother's cranberry sauce! Tell me what is your favorite holiday recipe is too!
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Here is an article that shares some recipe traditions from around the world! Try my Mexican eggnog, or maybe my mother's cranberry sauce! Tell me what is your favorite holiday recipe is too!
winter solstice • brandy ring twists • sweden • brandy snaps • england • cassava pie
Environmental Factors 2
The sun's height in the sky is crucial in determining climates and microclimates. Latitude, longitude and the earth's tilt govern amounts of sun reaching locations.
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The sun's height in the sky is crucial in determining climates and microclimates. Latitude, longitude and the earth's tilt govern amounts of sun reaching locations.
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Festivals in Cusco, Peru
Parades, processionals and parties make up the traditional festivals in Cusco. Andean culture and Inca celebrations merge with Spanish Christianity for its festivals.
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Parades, processionals and parties make up the traditional festivals in Cusco. Andean culture and Inca celebrations merge with Spanish Christianity for its festivals.
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From Candlemas to Groundhog Day
Candlemas celebrates Jesus' presentation in the Temple 40 days after Christmas. It has pre-Christian roots as the mid-point between winter solstice and spring equinox.
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Candlemas celebrates Jesus' presentation in the Temple 40 days after Christmas. It has pre-Christian roots as the mid-point between winter solstice and spring equinox.
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HOLIDAY TRADITIONS
From Halloween to the New Year, there are so many holidays to celebrate. Each holiday has its own traditions.
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From Halloween to the New Year, there are so many holidays to celebrate. Each holiday has its own traditions.
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It's December
It's December. We've made it through another year full of ups and downs and in-betweens and hopefully many, many starry nights.
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It's December. We've made it through another year full of ups and downs and in-betweens and hopefully many, many starry nights.
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