Joyous Yule
By Faye
@FayeHazel (40230)
United States
December 21, 2021 8:33pm CST
Happy Winter Solstice all!
At one time Solstice was celebrated widely in Britain as well as other cultures and celebrated the shortest day of the year and the return of the sun. Considered a day for reflection and planning for the coming spring. A few themes you may recognize as carrying over into today's celebrating.
Bringing evergreen boughs into the home was thought to symbolize life in the midst of winter. These boughs and trees were decorated with various items to symbolize what the home occupants wanted more of in the next year - so items signifying wealth, riches, and the like were popular.
Decorations of lights celebrated the returning of the light of the solar sun.
This was a pre-Christian celebration.
Photo: Pixabay
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@Ronrybs (21503)
• London, England
27 Dec 21
@FayeHazel Not so much sleep then, best stock up now!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Dec 21
Yes and the longest day of the year :-)
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@AmbiePam (120599)
• United States
27 Dec 21
@FayeHazel Send some my way, please!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
28 Dec 21
@AmbiePam I wish I could, I would gladly :-)
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@DaddyEvil (174281)
• United States
22 Dec 21
Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Dec 21
Yay for that! Thanks and happy holidays to you :-)
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
22 Dec 21
Thank you very much. You have a great one too.
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@sharonelton (30756)
• Lichfield, England
27 Dec 21
@FayeHazel My pleasure and thank you. 
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@dpk262006 (58679)
• Delhi, India
22 Dec 21
Happy Winter Solstice to you too.
We know that it is a special day but we do not celebrate it as such.
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@ptrikha_2 (49753)
• India
22 Dec 21
That is a wonderful image!
Happy Solstice and Christmas celebrations!
Christmas indeed is a festival that takes away some of the winter dullness and brings joy.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Dec 21
Isn't that great? I found it on Pixabay. I thought on printing it out and coloring it lol
Thanks! Many wishes for happy holidays. You;re right it's nice to have something pretty and colorful in winter
@BelleStarr (61463)
• United States
23 Dec 21
Yes many Christian customs were borrowed from pagan customs . Happy solstice
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Dec 21
Too true, I think to make Christianity more comfortable for those that were new to it in the way back
@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
29 Dec 21
True, it's interesting the things that carried over
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@jefferson126 (3670)
• Shenzhen, China
22 Dec 21
Nice picture,i like scene in the picture,it's wonderful.
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@FayeHazel (40230)
• United States
27 Dec 21
Thanks! I thought about printing it out and coloring it. I found it on Pixabay
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