Happy Yule!

[ravenscape]

The days once more grow longer and the far-away promise of Spring is renewed.

* lifts a mug of wassail to the NCR Crowd

 

[LittleLambofJesus]

Happy Yule to all of our pagan friends here!!!!

[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Down here in the muddy lane there sits an old gray fox,
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]A-starving and a-shivering, and licking his old chops.
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Brings us up a table and set it if you please,
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[FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]And give us hungry wassailers a bit of bread and cheese.
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[glo1]

Happy Yule from me, too!

It always fills me with great joy to know that the days are getting longer again.
No matter how cold and dreary it seems right now, spring will come!

glo

 

[Eponine]

*Raises her own glass of wassail* Happy Yule! And yes, I too will be glad when spring comes and it's no longer literally freezing outside in the mornings. Zaragoza is too cold for a Southern California girl! I don't mind winter and cold when accompanied by snow, but having the cold and the short days without the snow...

 

[Steezie]

**Lifts up his own serving of firewater** HUZZAH!!

 

[Eponine]

**Lifts up his own serving of firewater** HUZZAH!!

Umm... what's firewater?

 

[Eudaimonist]

That's what people say in Sweden anyway.

God Jul!

(Good Yule!)


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[Steezie]

Umm... what's firewater?

My own special recipie chilli powder, cinnamon, nutmeg (enough to make colors brighter but not enough to be toxic), milk, and spiced rum.

Its an aquired taste and a definate punch to the gut but its good

 

[ravenscape]

In Sweden, I bet the lengthening of the days is BIG reason for celebration

 

[fanatiquefou]

Mmm, wassail.

 

[Eudaimonist]

In Sweden, I bet the lengthening of the days is BIG reason for celebration

Yeah, seriously!


eudaimonia,

Mark

 

[starelda]

Happy Yule

 

[Eponine]

My own special recipie chilli powder, cinnamon, nutmeg (enough to make colors brighter but not enough to be toxic), milk, and spiced rum.

Its an aquired taste and a definate punch to the gut but its good

I'll bet it's an acquired taste. I'll stick to my wassail, thanks.

 

[BigSnake]

Happy Yule!

 

[TooCurious]

Happy Yule! I know I'll be glad when it stops getting dark at 4:30 in the afternoon... And my favorite holiday song centers around Yule.

http://www.bardicarts.org/songs/Sabbats/Yule/hollyking.html

 

[vespasia]

I could have sworn that this year's winter beginning tomorrow morning.
Maybe it is only the UK that jumps between the 20-22nd December depending on the sunrise and moons phases because my family celebrate 'yule' according to those not a date.

*Just curious is this differant in other countries?*

 

[ravenscape]

I could have sworn that this year's winter beginning tomorrow morning.
Maybe it is only the UK that jumps between the 20-22nd December depending on the sunrise and moons phases because my family celebrate 'yule' according to those not a date.

*Just curious is this differant in other countries?*

Nope, you're right. I posted on the 21st because some observe the 21st no matter which day the actual Solstice occurs. Keeps the wheel of the year orderly, if a tad inaccurate.

I was born on an equinox, but most years my birthday doesn't fall on an equinox. It's cool to celebrate both

 

[none the wiser]

Happy yule!

 

[ravenscape]

Heehee!

Mark, your CF character looks like Captain Kirk in "Who Mourns for Adonis"!

 

[glo1]

Nope, you're right. I posted on the 21st because some observe the 21st no matter which day the actual Solstice occurs. Keeps the wheel of the year orderly, if a tad inaccurate.

I was born on an equinox, but most years my birthday doesn't fall on an equinox. It's cool to celebrate both

I never knew that the actual solstice can occur any time between 20 and 22nd of December ...
How come?
I guess I've always gone by what the calender says, rather than what the sun does ...

glo