Solstice and Jól / Yule: Quick Thoughts

[@gregcollins7602]

Dr. Crawford is out of his natural habitat and indoors.

[@lefunnyN1]

wild crawfords tend to seek shelter inside, in the cold winter months

[@ostsan8598]

If you're cold, they're cold. Bring Crawfords inside. Love all Old Norse specialists.

[@1jotun136]

A bit unnerving. 😉

[@traditionaltaekwondoramblings]

He is not free range anymore?

[@Alkimi]

and whispering too 🤭

[@pandoradespain3119]

“create more and consume less” That’s better than what i thought of lol! My Yule oath is to read more books and study more of the things that interest me. I asked for some really cool books for the holidays that my family is going to get for me tomorrow so i’m excited to start honoring that oath immediately!

[@LaurenSóldís]

I think that’s a wonderful one! 😃

[@horrorbusiness9592]

We got gentle voice Jackson today

[@MasterPoucksBestMan]

Might be his new inspiration was still asleep :)

[@yaseinbrat94]

My Jol oath is to not give up on this life,though Ive felt like giving up a few times this last half of the year. I appreciate what you put forth,JC. Skol!!

[@antinn7448]

Keep that oath. It gets better. Life gets better. Said at age 62

[@ChristopherMorgenstierne]

'Hage' in Danish, 'haka' in Swedish is chin, but it is also a 'spit/peninsula' in the landscape, and (metaphorically) 'obstacle'. As a sailor, I have many times been beating upwind to round land and landgrounds named 'Something-hage'. So, when it is not a part of someone's lower forehead, it implies something like 'turning point', 'hinge'. So when the word 'hage-nat' came onto the screen, it immediately mad sense to me. For what that is worth... - Useful is the outdated, but very comprehensive dictionary "Ordbog over det Danske Sprog" online (note the lovely plural -e endings of verbs that also our hymn book is full of 😊)

[@yensid4294]

You two are so adorable. I really like "create more, consume less" I might poach it 😊

[@LaurenSóldís]

Please do! Sharing is caring! ✨

[@johanpeturdam]

Gleðilig jól, Jackson og Lauren. At drekka jól is a phrase still used somewhat in the Faroe Islands.

[@Hannahclarehudson]

God Jul, Jackson and Lauren. SKAL to both your oaths. ❤️🎄🐐 excited to check out the online resource and older Yule video.

[@Alkimi]

Especially excellent rundown. thanks. Have a happy one!

[@CapriUni]

KZbinr Abby Cox (mostly fashion history /clothing reconstructions, but also culture in general) has a video out this year about Christmas, and talks about how, in Charles Dickens's time, "Merry" was a word associated with drunkenness. So the Yule Ale may be the most enduring of holiday traditions... My oath of this year is to finally write a series of interlocking short stories.

[@laurayeghz]

Yay Dr Crawford posted again! 🤠

[@BlaBla-pf8mf]

Having mid winter celebrations in late january - early february makes more sense than at winter solstice which is close to the beginning of the coldest period of the year.

[@rdklkje13]

I think that depends how far north you live, i.e. whether the absence of light makes more of a difference than the cold in terms of survival till spring.

[@OBXDewey]

Merry Christmas. 🎅

[@Raua12]

God jul och gott nytt år på er!

[@huunkan]

God Jul to you and your family 🎄

[@dougpalmieri]

I found "The Lunisolar Calendar of the Germanic Peoples" by Andreas E. Zautner (Translated by Johanna Klapper) a very interesting read. Best Wishes from the UK.

[@chris7263]

My Solstice Oath is to reclaim my ancestral treasure from anyone who withholds it from me, be they fair or foul, friend or foe. I'm sure it won't end badly.

[@BrandonJulianWindsor7]

God Jól Doc! All the best to you and your beloved!

[@katjaasaari1717]

Hyvää joulua!

[@AlbertWalderhaug]

God Jul! Thanks very much for this, and wishes~

[@thorr18BEM]

I was hoping for this video.

[@theodorebear6714]

Happy holidays!🌲 I avoid making oaths, but I do try hard to be a good person. I think that's an important trick I use because I don't have to worry about coming up short on my oaths but people are often impressed with my good actions when I can manage it because they know I haven't actually made an oath to act honorably.

[@StandardChunk]

Hell yeah, a new Doc C upload!

[@celeste3100]

Her haaaiiiirrr!!! 😍😍😍😍 My Solstice Resolutions are getting through a year of school to then transfer to CA or NH, to have lots of cash in da bank 💵 💰, also to send out the good intentions to those needing breakthroughs of all kinds in the new year!! We need it!! Happy Yule! Merry Christmas! Wassail!!!

[@LaurenSóldís]

❤thank you ☺️🙏

[@celeste3100]

@ 🥰🎄🌨️❄️💕🩵💙✨🍄🦌🪶

[@robbabcock_]

Dr Crawford is a smooth one! 😂🥰😁

[@RoAdKil7]

All the best to you and yours, Keep the Yule in Yuletide!

[@jabezcreed]

The idea of midwinter being on the shortest day is actually interesting to think about. Certainly an astronomical phenomenon, but the coldest month or two are still ahead.

[@alysmarcus7747]

This was really great - thankyou

[@genskitchenmagic2957]

God jol to you JC!

[@hive_indicator318]

My oath is actually going to school for sociolinguistics, because I can't find an answer to the question that my brain won't stop asking

[@LisaLovesFugglers]

I've honestly not thought too much ahead. My mental health has not been great so far this year. I would love to be mentally stronger that's for sure.

[@LaurenSóldís]

I love this one! To be honest with ourselves about what we need is so powerful. I highly recommend the audiobook (specifically the audio book) You Can Heal Your Life by Louise Hay. She’s the grandma we all should have. ✨

[@carnivoreRon]

Happy Hanukkah to you. Thanks for the knowledge you share in your videos.

[@rolfmattsson]

🎄God Jul interesting as allways.

[@danniseliger5172]

I can´t help thinking. hoku (chin) has a double meaning in modern Danish that I think goes back to viking times. The term is hage in Danish and I think that also has the meaning and (i think) root as hook in English. This would make hokunott into hooknight or night of the turn (-ing point). Winter solsitice night

[@andrewwhelan7311]

Yule in the ancient language of the Cymru Britons is Ewell , which translates as glide , diminutive. So, the sun slowing to glide flat at it's most diminutive in the solar year. Does exactly what it says on the tin.

[@ConsciousConversations]

Cute and genuine ending ❤😊

[@phillipr.mctear8962]

Have a good one

[@Joe_BROgan]

From my readings, the "specific" amount man must drink during yule, is 4 gallons

[@janetchennault4385]

It would seem to me that in a primitive culture, if you were throwing a party that people had to travel to get to, it would be the three nights of the full moon that would be the logical time. If you were traveling, it would give you a few more hours of light to reach a nearby destination; if you were partying, it would light the environs of your home.

[@donkeysaurusrex7881]

If you sweat an oath oh Jól not to swear any oaths, have you broken your oath?

[@kevinwalsh1619]

Rather like when I swore an oath not to be an oaf.

[@ingramjd]

Azzadorable!

[@roysigurdkarlsbakk3842]

My solitice promise is to create more, preferably with stone, and read more, learn more about everything. Gleðieg jól!

[@deutschermichel5807]

Gott segne euch beide! Frohe Weihnacht!

[@einarkristjansson6812]

Þorri is the month between ca. mid January to ca. mid February in Iceland and is still celebrated in our country. Then people eat old traditional food. In solstice in December people in the Viking age drank öl, homebrewed terrible ale I am told.

[@AxelSyren]

God jul!

[@marjae2767]

Since northern latitudes have earlier harvests than mid-latitudes, I'd expect Iceland to start Yule earlier than Gutþiuda (where fruma Jiuleis = Naubaimbair).

[@whiteegretx]

Happy solstice!

[@birgerhalvorsen9493]

I still struggle to deal with cute Crawford ❤

[@TinaWiman]

I 100% thought you we're going to vow to "marry this woman"… God jul from Sweden!

[@HB_King_of_Doggerland]

Glædelig jul

[@AttempsWereMade]

I can't find the Danish article you're referring to. Is it Sofie or Sophie? Bunding? Neither gives any results on google. :(

[@BBD1]

Link of the older video?

[@Lakalyren]

The idea of Hákon regulating religious practice through law is such a post-canon law idea… Does the author of Heimskringla back it up with any scaldic references? Or is it disconnected from the poetry like the rest of the narrative? And why do we have any references to Easter/Eastre in the Nordic material?

[@larslindberg8830]

Could jul yol have anything to do with the indoeuropean and iranian tradition of "Jalda".? Which is the sjortest night when the evil spirits and dead are out roaming around`. It makes sense for my swedish ear - but does a go to o u as in jul. In Norweogan it is Jula. 'wishing You a God Jul

[@troelspeterroland6998]

Glædelig jul.

[@portastsic]

Anyone know of any good sources to investigate non-patrilineal Norwegian surnames?

[@dirgniflesuoh7950]

I read an historian who was into the theory that the winter feast was celebrated "the first new moon after the first full moon after the winter solstice" Would be ... 13th Jan full moon ... 29th January 2025. So see You then😂

[@phillipr.mctear8962]

😎👍

[@jennifertung5381]

Don’t you need to put your hand on a boar during this oath to make it binding?

[@catsandbats77]

My solstice oath is to be creative again.

[@LaurenSóldís]

Love this! Check out the book The Artist Way - it has you take yourself on art dates to get inspiration by yourself. Worked for me!

[@unknowncowman]

Gleðileg jól ✝️❤

[@Noeaskr]

I’m not sure if your familiar with the Aldsidu blog but the author makes a very convincing take on the traditional heathen calendar. Winter nights is the full moon just before Halloween, Jol on Jan 13th this year and then sigurblot starting on April 12. From the sources there isn’t anything that indicates the Germanic peoples celebrated solar events it all points to a lunar solar tradition. I would love to see evidence showing anything else.

[@paolosasso2189]

Full moon is 13 Jan 2025

[@adalstein]

Gleðileg jól

[@ela83a]

God Jul!

[@sayed986]

I know Persian, and they call the winter solstice "Yalda" or "The Night of Yalda" since it is the longest night of the year. You have more knowledge of linguistics, so do you believe Jól/Yule and Yalda are somehow connected? Yalda is celebrated on the same time that the winter solstice is.

[@Crismans843]

I suspect the winter celebration was observed at different times and in different ways by groups in divergent locations.

[@espenunnvik6602]

I Norge setter vi stor pris på våre forfedre, men vi feirer jul etter relativt moderne tradisjoner...... ikke helt kristen.... ikke helt hedensk. God jul... Marry Christmas.. Marry-X-mas.