After reading the technopagan thread I began to wonder, what do the other CRs (and all other belief systems also) on this forum do for the winter holidays?
Do you celebrate secular Christmas, religious Christmas, Yule, something else or nothing at all? Do you feel any need to 'justify' your celebrations with sources or UPG?
While there is scant evidence in celtic sources for celebrating the winter solstice/Yule, that's what we do at my house. It's a combination of wanting to do all of the fun things that come with the holidays and some degree of UPG. We have a tree, presents, an elf man who brings presents (we call him the Tomten). My decorations are all suns and pictures of Newgrange and Maeshowe. It's a strange mash of traditions. I feel no need to justify my strange combination of ideas. It's odd, because I'm quite a stickler for evidence and research when it comes to how I celebrate other holidays.
I'm looking forward to finding out what others do this time of year.
Holly
I celebrate a secular Christmas, mainly because of family. I also celebrate Yule/Hogmanay in a more personal, religious sense, partly because I'm glad the nights are getting shorter again, partly because I live in Scotland and it's such a big time of year to celebrate. I observe a lot of the traditions associated with the time of year, and while they're not 'Celtic', they're part of the cultural continuum for where I live.
Important Information about this Archive Board
