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All five lit advent candles

Joy to the World! The Shining Christmas Candle

For everyone who is lighting candles counting down to Christmas, it’s time to light your final candle, either tonight, or tomorrow morning, depending on your preferences and perhaps traditions.

all 5 candles on an Advent wreath

Joy to the World, The Light Is Born! Merry Yule!

Rejoice, for the magical gifts of Winter Solstice are here! Probably the oldest known sacred celebration on Earth, we’re still going strong. So join with us in merry measure, and visit my blog for lore and Yuletide treasure.

Watercolor of Gaia and four candles

The Final Sun Day Before Solstice: Candle Four

By bone and stone, seed and flower, from the darkest caves to the highest mountaintops, this holy evening we now light our Advent wreath’s candles of Joy for the sweet Earth and coming birth.

Kingfisher flying up from water

Slow Down to a More Gentle Rhythm: The Halcyon Days are Here

Is the hectic, too-bright-and-shiny, consumer-frenzied holiday noise getting under your skin? Are you, like me, still reeling from the disastrous U.S. election? Join me as we step into a magical Time Out of Time called the Halcyon Days. Learn more…

Child lighting a candle on advent wreath

Tonight We Unite by Candlelight

Tonight, those who are counting down only to Christmas, as well as all who are counting down to Solstice, join together, lighting our Advent wreath candles of hope and/or the life-giving power of Fire.

Remember that all through history,
there have been tyrants and murderers,
and for a time, they seem invincible.
But in the end, they always fall. Always.

~ Mahatma Gandhi

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