Merry Winter Solstice, Everybody!

[MrScorpio]

Hopefully everyone will gather around their Solstice tree for the sacrificial fruitcake eating and hot wine drinking ceremony tonight.

I look forward to this all year long. It's second only to the ritualistic Summer Solstice hat dancing festival in Akron every year.

Come back, Mother Sun. Absolve us of our sins.

[liberal_at_heart]

1. Happy Solstice!

[Egalitarian Thug]

2. And to you and yours as well.

[Siwsan]

3. Happy Solstice, right back at you!!

I always think of the Winter Solstice as the REAL New Year's Eve. Given the weather forecast, we might be celebrating by candle light, tonight. Which would make it a pretty traditional way to celebrate. We might skip the whole tree thing, though, since ice storms and trees are not a good combination.

[Nika]

4. Happy Solstice.

I am always happy to see the light coming back slowly after December 21st every year.

[2naSalit]

5. This is the

Seasonal Holiday I celebrate... so thank you and Happy Solstice to you!!

[Generic Other]

6. What a beautiful day to celebrate with the planet

Our true mother.

[Glassunion]

7. 60+ degrees here in the northeast.

Could not ask for a more beautiful solstice.

[seattledo]

8. To you too!

Funny how the xtians ignore this day.

[bvar22]

9. Wet, dark, cold, and dreary here today.

Heavy Rains with Flash Flood Warnings for next 24 hrs.


A good Solstice to stay inside with a Loved One,
two cats,
curled up by the fire,
reading a good book.

I hope everyone's Solstice is as peaceful as the one we are enjoying here.

[ErikJ]

10. I'll only celebrate on the 25th thankyou

when I'll know for SURE that the sun is returning.

[ErikJ]

13. If the sun keeps getting lower after today I wont celebrate ......

I'll head for the hills!
Kidding aside, wasnt the Yule 3 or 4 days AFTER the winter solstice to celebrate the return of the sun?

[roguevalley]

22. my niece was born today. :D Our sun comes up after ten and starts to disappear around 3.

in barrow up north, it goes away for six weeks.

[arcane1]

12. *Toast!*

[tosh]

14. Yes, The Longest Night...

[In_The_Wind]

15. Happy Winter Solstice

[sibelian]

17. Happy Solstice!

[warrprayer]

18. Sunrise at Newgrange

[DemoTex]

19. My Winter Solstice photo:

Cheer up, the days only get longer now!

[MFM008]

20. Another solstice

and the Mayans are still wrong...................

[silverweb]

21. Happy Winter Solstice!

[font color="navy" face="Verdana"]The light returns, the Yule log burns. Joy to all!

[nilesobek]

23. Its amazing

to me how many of these pagan practices were adopted by Christians in their birthday celebration.. But were they really adopted or just never let go of?