Pagans and non-believers.. and any other beliefs!

[Sir Birdaholic]

It's close enough to noon,.... let's all have a shot of Turkey on the Rocks!

 

[Spookwriter]

Louie & the crew:

My mistake. I did not mean to post in such a manner that I considered
Christianity as a cult, nor do I consider Jesus as a witch.

The questions were posted in response to a CoyoteMagic post and a
Pineapple Mama post on page nine.

Again, if my words were misleading, I apologize.

 

[justuschickens59]

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I LOVE IT !!!

 

[gritsar]

Red, the yule log and the yule tree are two of my favorite traditions:

http://www.circlesanctuary.org/pholidays/SolsticePlanningGuide.html

I have a great book that I'd like to send you after the holidays.

 

[turney31]

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[joebryant]

I'm a Bryantist, and like I said before, I'll take any converts to my Bryantist Christian Fellowship, but only if they're willing to tithe 10% of their salary to me and adhere to my requirement that they not think that we and other Christians are members of the only religion that's going to get into heaven.
If you'd like more information about joining, send me an application and $100 commitment fee, and I'll have you committed forthwith.

 

[redhen]

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Sure! I'd love the book, Kat. Thanks!!

 

[redhen]

Awesome stories everyone! Thanks for sharing!

Now off to make some of WZ mead..

 

[bantyshanty]

I have a few of our family's constantly evolving Solstice traditions I thought I'd share & see if anyone else does something similer.

Winter Solstice is the big day we celebrate. We give our family members only recycled or handmade gifts. Sometimes we buy new things for other people, out of obligation

We don't have any Santa, although my daughter has now instituted "Aspen the Solstice Silkie".

The legend of the Solstice Silkie....
According to her, --and she's seven-- the spirit of our deceased white pullet Aspen flies over all the chicken-owners houses early in the morning
to bring the chickens extra food and their owners chocolates.
She also blesses them so that the chickens of our land don't get eaten by raccoons

or get Marek's virus of get moldy food infections.
Aspen the Silkie also brings kids gifts for teeth, by the way. She doubles as a Tooth Silkie

She's the Tooth Fairy's helper.

We do read stories of Hanukkah on Hanukkah, from different sources,
and the story of Jesus' birth on Christmas Eve (sometimes from one of the Bible's Gospels),
so that we can remain aware & sensitive to the way most people around us are celebrating the holidays.
We have a little nativity set as well.


We do this for decoration: We've gathered some of the nicest looking small limbs of trees that have fallen or died the past year,
we put them in a large ceramic pot in the living room in December.
We gather pine cones, dry them in the oven to fluff them out, and we dip half in glue & silver glitter to hang on the tree branches,
along with fallen evergreen branches, cranberries & puffed corn cereal in strands, and little cut glass "crystal" pendants that sparkle in the light.
On Solstice evening we play hand drums & guitar & sing sing songs we usually make up on the spot about the coming of Spring after the Winter
and that all the winter animals have plenty until the greening of Spring.
We do this for food: We light a big fire in the fireplace & roast corn & chile & poblano peppers, followed by marshmallows, of course!
Then we eat carrot cake shaped like a carrot (I have a carrot pan), as a symbol of the nourishment of root vegetables over the winter.
I've started sprouting some beans & grains to give to the chickens as a Solstice treat.
And the day after Solstice, we're making peanut-butter & millet pine cones for the birds & squirrels, then we'll stick our "tree" outside for the rest of the winter
for them to munch the decorations off it, not the glittered parts of course.

We also buy or build one new bird feeder each year in the fall & present it to the birds at the first big snowfall, which is sort of a Solstice tradition as well.


Please anyone else share your traditions of Solstice decoration or any other decorations for other observances like Yule or Christmas that are different than the norm.

 

[redhen]

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Love it!