we usually go outside and drink something alcoholic that was made at the summer solstice. (this evening, we've settled for sloe gin (autumn equinox) in the absence of anything stronger) 🙂

Hmm..sounds good.

My wife has mentioned something about 'Yule' being some non-Christian midwinter thing. Anyway, sounds like the perfect opportunity for having a schnifter.

Booze, burning things, carnal fun. (Provided the missus isn't done in from a 5 hour trip to Asda with her mam.)

(Ronald Hutton's Stations of the Sun has a very good section on the histories and stories of midwinter/New Year festivities)

Cheers HeathenWoods, think I'll treat myself to that book - it's just the sort of thing I was after.

The great news of course is longer daylight 😀

(No comments of not noticing till Jan 4th or there about)

I'm going out for a really early Winter Solstice ride tomorrow. And probably wine tonight.

I've acknowledged Meán Geimhridh by lighting my fire with logs cut in autumn and drinking 3 bottles of Abbott Ale 😀

Brrr

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Christmas was originally a pagan mid winter festival that was hijacked by the christians - shame they didn't leave it as it was.

I celebrated yesterday by watching the sunrise & dawn at Avebury.
Terry the Druid & about 80 other people were there.
The snow made it utterly magical.

🙂
Shame about the roads

Christmas is just [url= http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saturnalia ]Saturnalia[/url]. Nothing to do with some work shy hippy getting nailed to anything.