Merry Solstice everyone :)
Yule is a time we celebrate for the re-birth of the Sun, where the days get longer, the sunrise comes earlier and light chases the shadows of winter away. Behold Spring, it is almost upon us. You can smell it in the air. Snow and ice may still be on the ground and in the sky, but that green smelling freshness is also there, pushing bulbs up from the ground, awaiting flowers to bloom and blossom in a burst of colour and fragrance :D
In the Olden Days Yule was celebrated in many symbolic ways, which Christians have taken for their Christmas. Holly and ivy, used first to invite 'good spirits' into a home to share thi