Winter Slotice

The shortest day of the year marks the winter solstice, know to Wiccans as Yule (from the Norse) lul, meaning wheel). It is one of the Lesser Sabbaths of the year and falls on or about December 21. Part of the Pagan celebration is a gathering and displaying of evergreen boughs, showing the promise of new life in the coming spring. A Yule tree is erected in many areas to represent the Phallus, or spirit of fertility. From this came The Christians Christmas tree. Yule was established as the birth of the Mithras with veneration for the sun and was then adopted by the New Religion (within a few days) to marked the birth of the “Son” Jesus. Summary from The Witch Book.

Whatever it is a great time of the year and a good time to celebrate that the days are getting longer! I wish to think to it as the 1st day of spring.