The Winter Solstice marks the longest night of the year.
The Goddess awakens from her sleep and finds she is pregnant
with the Sun God. It is a time for refelction and awakening from the dark.




Traditional Foods

Roasted turkey, nuts, fruitcakes, caraway rolls, eggnog and mulled wine

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Traditional Ritual Herbs

bay, bayberry, blessed thistle, cedar, chamomile, evergreen,
frankincense, holly, juniper, mistletoe, moss, oak, pine cones,
rosemary and sage.

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Altar Decorations

mistletoe, holly, a small Yule log, strings of colored lights
Yule/Christmas cards, a candle in the shape of Kris Kringle,
presents wrapped in colorful holiday paper, a homemade wreath

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Incense

bayberry, cedar, pine, rosemary

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Gemstones

cat's-eye and ruby

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Candle Colors

red, gree, white, gold , silver

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Ritual Potpourri

25 drops musk oil
23 drops pine oil
1 cup oak moss
2 cups dried mistletoe
1 cups dried poinsettia flowers
1 cup dried bayberries
1/2 cup dried rosemary
1/2 cup dried holly leaves and berries
3 crushed pinecones

Mix the musk and pine oils with the oak moss, and then add
the remaining ingredients. Stir the potpourri well and
store in a tightly covered, ceramic or glass container

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