To all my pagan bretheren on this board-

**Nighthawk** · 21st December 10, 10:00 AM

Have a safe, happy and blessed Yule!

**piperdbh** · 21st December 10, 10:04 AM

And a joyous Solstice to you and yours.

**Riverkilt** · 21st December 10, 10:16 AM

'Tis the day today! Thanks.

**Bugbear** · 21st December 10, 10:19 AM

So, how does the Hawk family celebrate Yule?

**Drac** · 21st December 10, 10:32 AM

Definately a Cool Yule to everyone.

Jim

**macwilkin** · 21st December 10, 10:39 AM

Some of us non-pagans also celebrate Yule & Yuletide...

T.

**xman** · 21st December 10, 10:41 AM

We're non-religious here, but we enjoy solstice celebrations every year too. That's one of the cool things about solstice is that it's natural. We're meeting with some friends tonight for curry dinner and then the lighting of the Yule Log, stories and songs.

A very Bright Solstice to everyone.

X

**Dale Seago** · 21st December 10, 10:53 AM

My favorite seasonal poem for the Winter Solstice -- enjoy!

The Shortest Day
By Susan Cooper

And so the Shortest Day came and the year died
And everywhere down the centuries of the snow-white world
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.
They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen;
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.
And when the new year’s sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, revelling.
Through all the frosty ages you can hear them
Echoing behind us – listen!
All the long echoes, sing the same delight,
This Shortest Day,
As promise wakens in the sleeping land:
They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends,
And hope for peace.
And now so do we, here, now,
This year and every year.
Welcome Yule!