Saturday is the Winter Solstice. I always wanna somehow celebrate this shortest, darkest day of the year but I’ve yet to figure out what that would look like.
Should I travel to Stonehenge or, better still Maeshowe and the Ring of Brodgar on the Orkney Mainland just north of Scotland?
Maybe a more local revel would suit me better, at least this year.
The dance of the sun and earth has inspired celebrations of the human spirit, expressed through art and music, throughout the ages. Honouring many cultural traditions, the annual Winter Solstice Lantern Festival illuminates the darkest night of the year with lanterns, fire, singing, drumming, music, storytelling, and dancing! (source)There’s also the Labyrinth of Light:
The labyrinth has long been used for meditation, prayer and sites of ritual in various cultures around the world. Created with over 600 pure beeswax candles, the winter solstice labyrinth invites you to warm yourself in a self-guided ceremony intended to help release old attachments and envision new possibilities as the darkest night of the year births a new season. (source)Hey, who doesn’t need to release old shit and welcome the new? Still, Vancouver’s quite a haul from Valhalla. Possibly Jen, Oni, Ten, Coco, Umlaut, Skitter and meself could make our own personal Labyrinth of Light and light a fire in the outdoor hearth. We could have hot toddies and rejoice in having survived another year.
Also coming up soon are Hanukkah (beginning Sunday evening), Kwanzaa (running from the 26th through January first) and, of course, there’s Christmas.
My Xmas tradition? Chinese food and movies. Sadly my fave dive Chinese bar/restaurant has gone out of biz this past year. I must begin explorations. Are all Chinese joints open on Christmas?
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