Tag: yuletide
Colors
Red, Green, Gold, Silver, White
Objects
Candles, Candelabras, pine cones, glass balls, all things sparkly, fires, lights,
Animals
stag, reindeer,
Plants
Evergreen trees, Ivy, holly, mistletoe, poinsettia
Fragrances
Cinnamon, ginger, apple, pine, spruce
Foods
All Sun foods, all citrus fruit, spiced bread, dried fruit, nuts, smoked meats like ham & fresh meat like mutton, goose or quail, Gingerbread, Gingerbread men, Gingerbread house, Marzipan, Ginger snaps, Eggnog, Fruitcake, Plum pudding, Figgy pudding, Wassail
Deities
Holly King, Oak King, Sol, Helios, Apollo, Bacchus, Dionysus, Saturn
Other Symbols
Star, sun, Santa Clause, furry red winter clothing
Yule log Ritual
This rite is to be performed at Yuletide using either a Yule Log candle holder or a Yule Log cake with three candles in it. If you use a Yule […]
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The feast of midwinter takes place on the Winter Solstice. It is not the middle of winter here, but really only a couple weeks in. Our winter lasts from pretty […]
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The walnut is a majestic tree that provides food and shade to those who truly appreciate them and garden-killers that produce a giant mess of stinky fruit to those who […]
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