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Light-Filled Ways to Celebrate Yuletide

Light-Filled Ways to Celebrate Yuletide

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Written by Kyera Giannini
Yuletide, essentially an old word for Christmas, lasts from the Winter Solstice on December 21st to January 1st.  It was originally celebrated by Germanic Pagan tribes, but has receently had a popular resurgance as more people begin to realize the true origins of Christmas.  It is a celebration of light, life and the natural world, as the light returns to us after the darkness of Winter.  You can honor this time with as little effort as lighting a candle, or truly dive into the complexities of creating a Yule alar or wreath.
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Pagan origins of christmas traditions

The Pagan Origins of Christmas Traditions

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Written by Kyera Giannini
Christmas as we know it today is a mish-mash of multiple Pagan traditions and rituals painted over with the brush of Christianity.  In an effort to recruit Pagans to the new faith, priests melded Christian stories with Pagan holidays already in place, like Yule, Saturnalia and the Winter Solstice.  Many of our beloved Christmas traditions like the Christmas tree and Santa Claus himself have much older origins.  
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