Celebrate the Winter Solstice from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 21, at Granite Peak UU Congregation, 882 Sunset Ave. An open drumming circle will follow; all are welcome and extra drums are available.
There’s a lunar eclipse tonight. It’s also the night some folks are celebrating "winter solstice" (while others will celebrate tomorrow, when the calendar says it’s solstice). There’s a special magic to the pairing of the winter solstice and the lunar eclipse, which Starhawk shares with the Washington Post.
Winter Solstice, or Yule, is a holiday for most of the earth-based or modern Pagan traditions. My Pagan family celebrates this festival o ight with an all-night vigil, or party. On solstice night, we gather with a group of friends, family and loved ones. We often play music, tell stories and light candles of prayer on our winter altar. If we get a few inches of snow sticking through tomorrow, we’ll add snow candles to our list of winter solstice activities. You’ll get a candle shaped like the melting snow, a great solstice keepsake.
Does your family celebrate the solstice?
