which traditionally marked the halfway point of the winter season. After the solstice—the shortest day of the year—the days again begin to grow longer, so it’s thought that Yule was a
When isyule? Yule, or the original 12-day solstice festival celebrated by the ancient people of Scandinavia, is considered one of the oldest celebrations of wintertime in the world. It beginsthe shortest day of the year on the winter solsticeand ends 12 days later. This year, that would me...
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The winter solstice marks the exact moment when half of Earth is tilted the farthest away from the sun. It usually happens on December 21 or 22, at the exact same second around the world.
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Winter Solstice, the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere, usually falls on Dec 21 to 23. It is known as Dongzhi Festival in China, Yule in North Europe.
May 1 in Hawaii is called“Lei Day,”and people make pretty leis. Leis are garlands or wreaths that are often made with native Hawaiian flowers and leaves. These days, leis are given as a symbol of greeting, farewell, affection, celebration, or honor—all in the spirit of aloha. Make...
has for everything one might like to accomplish. This exercise has been both helpful and annoying. Some days it feel like I’ve just begun something and an alarm is going off to signal the start of a new task. It has driven me to turn off the phone for the entire day more than ...
By the 1500’s, German Catholics and Protestants were using wreaths to celebrate Advent, the period leading up to Christmas Day. The idea to use candles as part of an advent calendar for kids came from a German pastor namedJohann Wichernin the mid 1800’s. Each wreath had four candles nes...
has for everything one might like to accomplish. This exercise has been both helpful and annoying. Some days it feel like I’ve just begun something and an alarm is going off to signal the start of a new task. It has driven me to turn off the phone for the entire day more than ...