Simple Folk Traditions to Make Winter Magical ❄️ Winter Solstice & Yule Celebrations

[@loristaubitz7841]

Given our need to keep as much green alive, we decorate a small, potted evergreen with edibles for wildlife. This is done outdoors while singing and circling the tree with lighted beeswax candles. If we don’t have room to plant this year’s living tree, we donate it to public lands ( libraries, public school , cemeteries and parks) which are places that welcome new plantings in the spring. Be sure to provide wind shelter, water and light to keep this treasure safe through the winter. Thanks for all the wonderful info.

[@jimmycburfield5997]

Out of Yan, Yin is born; out of Yin, Yan is born. Great to take stock, relax and enjoy the time of the Solstice. A bit of Saturnalias is always close to my heart. Happy Christmas and Yuletide felicitations from Cumbria

[@swatson1190]

My daughter was born at dawn on the winter solstice (December 21) we celebrate the winter solstice with a huge birthday party for my daughter and two of my granddaughters. They were born on the 20th and the 22nd of December. We celebrate Christmas on the same day. It is a get together for the whole family. We eat, drink, and be merry. That is our tradition. Getting together as a huge family has always been the theme of our winter celebrations. In truth that is what the yule and other ancient winter celebrations we about feasting and family in the dark of winter. The starving time wasn't winter it was early spring right around Lent. When the food stores were running low and the new crop hasn't come in. Harvest had just happened at the solstice so many people saved up the best foods for the winter holidays. The word holidays means Holy Days. Have a wonderful Holiday season!

[@swatson1190]

A note about mistletoe. It is poisonous so please keep it away from children and pets. If you are looking for mistletoe you will only find it on hardwood trees only. In the US it grows mostly on oak trees. I live in the Ouachita mountains of Southwest Arkansas. So in a forest. Loads of mistletoe. I have fallen out of trees as a kid gathering mistletoe.

[@AlexaSmith]

thank you for your videos! i am putting together some lessons for my 2nd graders, trying to expand the holiday talk past just christmas, hanukkah, and kwanza. i love how so many of these connect together with similar traditions. when you know the origins (or as much as we can know) its beautiful how it can connect us all across cultures and countries.

[@dietrichess9997]

What a great idea, I love it! I hope you are able to do that, as a teacher. You must live in a relatively tolerant place.

[@denisemessier4834]

I use hag stones. I wear a small one as a necklace that a Scottish mudlarker found. I also keep them on the windowsills in my home for protection. I grew ivy and made wreathes with it to hang on doors during winter and of course I added red or green bows lol. HappyYule!🌲I have the tree and garlands. I love this time of year.

[@ravenswoods177]

My family comes from Ireland and I am interested in learning older traditions and understanding our current traditions. Thank you

[@Entspannungskatze]

This is the second video of yours I've seen and I have to say I love that you give us sources for the different traditions and customs. Often people say “this is a very old tradition” but there is no evidence that this is really the case. I studied folklore at the University of Bamberg for a while and we were always taught to only believe what can be proven, especially when researching customs and traditions. I therefore really appreciate the fact that you present everything so well and always give us examples of historical sources. Love your videos!

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you! :) I appreciate this because it's really important to me to not just say 'people used to do this' and not actually explore where it comes from. A lot of the time it can be really difficult to pinpoint the origins of folk traditions but I try and make sure I don't mention anything unless I can see the actual source it was mentioned in. It often takes a lot of time and research but is essential I think!

[@RuebenNomura]

Morning from Hawaii well done on your winter magical

[@natashabyler4611]

Happy holidays from America ❤

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thanks and same to you Natasha!

[@magicalgame3562]

These are great ideas! I love wassailing and decorating with greenery. I've never made a Yule Log but would love to someday.

[@Hedge.witches]

Merry Christmas, may u have a happy winter filled with lots of warm laughter & look forward to the rebirth of the sun. I love the change of the world.❤

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you so much and same to you :)

[@lisaenglert3202]

Gorgeous sweater! 🌲

[@tthomas6013]

Happy Yule and Merry Witchmas to you! 🌲🧙🌲

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you and right back at you! :)

[@amypatton2080]

Cannot tell you how happy I am to have stumbled across this video and found that website you mentioned for the wassail. Soooo much stuff going on local to me that I’d never have known about!!

[@KellyLouiseBrown]

Happy Winter Solstice ❤🎄🎀

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thanks Kelly and hope you have a good one :)

[@TheEmpressgoth]

Thank you Blessed Yule ❤❤❤❤😊

[@denisemessier4834]

Thank you! I enjoyed your video! Happy Yule!

[@Winterschild_basketcase]

Happy winter solstice!

[@kirstyryder2870]

Loved this Lauren 🖤 gave me a little reminder to acknowledge my household spirit again ✨

[@allisondrummond951]

My partner made me a new year bottle with whiskey a coin a homemade biscuit a lump of coal and a wishing scroll x any ideas of what this tradition is for and when it dates from 😊

[@wendyerskine6951]

The coal is from Scotland. The first footer was the first person to visit on Hogmanay minutes after the bells at midnight with the phrase, 'lang may yer lum reek' wishing you heat and warmth. The first foot should be tall, dark, bring coal, shortbread, a drink and black bun.

[@MoonBratStudio]

Lovely video! I definitely agree on the household spirits; especially since I've been making some little domovik dolls, and they've been selling like hotcakes. It seems like people like them even more when I explain what a house spirit is. It does seem like we're craving that.

[@PasqualeNaccari-n9x]

Amo il Natale è la mia festa preferita e mi piace molto documentarmi sulla storia e le tradizioni delle varie feste dell anno e su come vengono celebrate sia in Italia che nel resto del mondo

[@Flowerbee746]

I love your jumper, where did you get it? 💚

[@Lunaleodrune]

I found it second hand on Depop so it doesn't have a label I'm afraid. If you search 'fairisle jumper' you can find similar :)

[@Flowerbee746]

@Lunaleodrune Thank you.

[@DigitalNomad765]

Hey Luna ❤❤ Thanks for the post 😊😊

[@elizabethhauff-wr5jn]

I really enjoy your videos, thank you 🎄✨️

[@rubyrum1175]

You & your channel are appreciated x this video like all the others is just wonderful 🎄🕊

[@keikoandnyla]

I love learning about folk lore and where traditions may have come from. I’ve been learning more about Mari Lywd and Krampus this year.

[@Lunaleodrune]

It's fascinating isn't it! :)

[@dietrichess9997]

Liked and Subscribed. Happy Yule! Happy Solstice!

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you and welcome! Have a great one :)

[@marktwaine9344]

it's a bit different out here in the desert...😁

[@annayoder4332]

I'm in the states but my dad was born in England... I'm fully scottish english Welsh Norse and Australian, I was born a McEwan !!!! my husband is Amish and family comes from the Germanic Dane in his blood line.... happy YULE from some amish in the states ! my family is from loch fynne initially

[@henchy3rd]

There’s a marvellous play here on KZbin called, the real Yule story, the northern shaman. It’s from the 70s & very grainy/poor quality, but it kind of adds to the story.

[@petrohytinkoski4072]

Blessed solstice! 🙏🔥✨🌒🌕🌘

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thanks and right back at you!

[@SunshineDawn7]

Merry winter solstice 🥰🥰Thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🌲🌲❤❤💚💚

[@Lunaleodrune]

Same to you, thanks for watching :)

[@SunshineDawn7]

@@Lunaleodrune Thank you Sweetheart and you are most welcome🤗🤗❤❤💚💚

[@fionasmall4384]

Loved this ❤

[@belladonna70]

lovely thank you xx happy solstice

[@Lunaleodrune]

Happy solstice

[@joandrummond524]

Merry Christmas and Happy New year when it comes around x

[@Lunaleodrune]

Same to you, hope you have a lovely one Joan x

[@hwy0]

Happy Solstice...

[@BTRPaganMedium]

Blessed Yule for you and your loved ones! Thank you for the great stories in old traditions. Love the Yule log you made; excited to make my own!

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you and right back at you! :)

[@redwarrior2424]

Loved this and all your videos. 💙

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thank you for watching :)

[@davidcreager1945]

Thank You for a very Nice and very informative video of some Christmas Traditions ! Hope you have a wonderful Boxing Day ! 🎄🎅⛄☃️💚❤️🌨️❄️🎀🎁🥶🌲🦌🦉🕊️🐫🐪

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thanks David, same to you!

[@adventurecreations3214]

Nicely done

[@NevHayze]

Waes up?… Waes hael! ✌️😎 Bells ward off spirits due to the high pitched loud distorted energy they put out. I’m getting DEEP into sound alchemy! Alternatively, if you’re stressed listen to low slow and soft tones with a beat that mimics your resting heart rate (60-80bpm) Throw in theta binaural if you can. Anyway… rambling… #FreeLuigi 😜

[@tthomas6013]

Thanks for the rambling 🧙

[@susanthomas5464]

Bendithion Alban Arthan/ Winter Solstice/ Yule blessings 🌲🌲

[@Lunaleodrune]

Thanks Susan same to you :)

[@joutavainen2920]

it´s the time of the first snowstorms here in the north.. probably the only time in the year that i prefer to stay inside! winter spirit is like oh you didn´t like november, here, how about this! oh you didn´t like that, here, have some freezing cold on top of that! :) they literally called this the winter month before it became yule month. month names used to be much more detailed, local and in synch with nature. (small dark month, leafless month, big dark month, freezing month, when-we-move-into-winter-huts, month of man and dog, when-the -sun-rises, when-days-get-longer, windy month, raven month, when -eagles-fly) it´s like two different traditions, times and months.. i recommend making your own names like that!

[@PawanKumar-dd2mz]

❤🙂

[@timelordvictorious]

Feel if I left food for winter spirits local fox’s might come and eat it 😅

[@mirandagoldstine8548]

Or the deer or even the dogs if you have any. I would leave offering to the nature spirits and Frau Holle but I have dogs (two beagles and a terrier mix to be exact) and beagles are notorious food hounds so I can’t make outdoor offerings without worrying about one of them snapping up the offering.

[@Lunaleodrune]

@@timelordvictorious I mean leave it out inside your house for the household spirit :)

[@stargazerbird]

Holly is pretty rare in the wild now so unless you have a large wood with plenty of bushes it’s best not to gather it. Ivy grows like a weed however.

[@Lunaleodrune]

It's different everywhere :) Where I live, forests are fit to bursting with holly and it's one of the most common plants.

[@thestillroomjournals]

Holly is abundant in the UK..it’s a native tree and found everywhere in forests, wild spaces, hedgerows and urban areas..not scarce at all 😊

[@stephenbrowning3286]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤⭐️

[@Nebraskydisc]

💜🧡💚💙🙏🏻

[@nicholaschiazza7926]

Of course it's Pagan! And if you remove all the Pagan traditions from Christmas (like the benighted fundamentalists want to do) all the fun is gone. 🎄🎄🎄