How do you celebrate Imbolc?

Lots and lots of fire! Woohoo! :P I like to light a candle in a bowl of snow and Imbolc, and let the snow melt away throughout my ritual. Sort of a thing with living in the frozen north and this holiday being just a little bit closer to spring. :P Imbolc is usually for healing rituals around here. Granted, I do healing rituals pretty much all the time, but a large part of what I know about the Goddess Brigid comes from my great-grandmother, who was a healer before all else, and invoked Brigid mostly for healing. :) My rituals change a lot depending on whether I'm going to be alone or with people, and what is going on in my life at the time, so it's hard to say exactly what my ritual will look like. I might read the Imbolc poem I just wrote, or I might chant and have my son dance with me... just as long as I don't get him near all that fire. :P

I agree Imbolc is a wonderful time. In my home we have a very simple ritual of spending our time making corn dollies for the kids who will both dress as maidens, we will visit a couple of naighbours and give gifts of corn. I also like to eat ewe's cheese as part of a meal. Later i will ask the goddess to bless us with Frig, fodder, flag and flax blessed be

Imbolc is when we light candles throughout our house smudge & cleanse it. It's also when we "should" clean out the circle around the great oak of the winters debree.

I usually do a lot of celebrating with candles and what not. I haven't had a chance to really celebrate Imbolc or anything lately. I completely forgot about it coming up until I saw on a community that I'm a member of post their altars for the season. I've thought about doing something now to celebrate but I haven't gotten around to it. When I do, I'm by myself.

Hi Scammerwear, Are you still around? I see this topic is a year past. A friend of mine is having an Imbolic Party. She will have it on Jan. 31st. There are many here of her religion. She is inviting 3 people at a time. A couple and a single. So if you are part of a couple, you bring a single. Other than bars, there are no places to really meet up here. Beyond that, I don't know. That is why I'm going to read all of the responses to your post. Take care.