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Posted by Storyteller on December 11, 2005, 1:41 pm, in reply to "Re: Yule .. " --Previous Message-- I agree .. although since I've only been studying for approx. 5 years now .. I still have PLENTY to learn about EVERYTHING .. ya know ? "I" personally .. have adopted a new way of life .. along with the appropriate holiday celebrations and all .. but .. like I said up there .. it is a little "difficult" to explain to 3/6 year olds about how the early christian church "appropriated" alot of our (Pagan) holidays .. like Yule .. and bastardized them into what they are today .. *shrugs* Someday .. when they are older .. perhaps I can explain the difference between the birth of the son (of God/Akasha) .. and the birth of the "sun" .. as with Persephone/Hades .. or how that all plays into the Solstice's/Equinox's .. depending on WHAT you believe .. and how .. eeh? *shrugs* Oh well .. THAT day will come. Thanks for the reply .. eeh ? Storyteller ..
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: : I was/am curious. Does anyone (besides ME)
: celebrate "Yule" .. JUST for
: Yule's sake ?
:
: My family celebrates the Winter Solstice on
: the umm winter solstice. We don't typically
: call it Yule, as we aren't from the part of
: the world where the term originated.
:
: do you all fall back on the whole (x-ian)
: "christmas" thing ..
:
: On Christmas we go to the movies. We prefer
: really gory and bloody vampire movies or
: good old acrion flicks. This year I think we
: are going to go see King Kong. There is just
: something about blood and gore and fangs and
: violence and big apes that just seems to us
: to go along with the over-commercialization
: of Christmas. ;-P
:
: I celebrate just "Yule" (Dec 21st
: .. THIS year) .. but since I have grandkids
: and all .. well .. it's just to
: "difficult" a task to try and
: teach them "Wiccan" aspects of
: religious dogma .. than let them
: "go without" (as far as gifts and
: all)
:
: So ummm, you can always do what we do, and
: give gifts on the solstice. My kids LOVED
: that we celebrated the Solstice rather than
: Christmas because they always got their
: gifts a few days earlier than did their
: Christian freinds.
:
: And along with the gifts, why not tell them
: some stories that are entertaining but that
: also teach about what you believe? I'm sure
: that your tradition of neo-Wicca has
: mythology for "Yule".. can't you
: tell them that sort of thing in an age
: appropriate way? When my kids were little I
: wrote them a story with Witches and dragons
: and treasure in it, but it also had lore
: that was important to our family mixed in.
: Each night, starting on Dec 1st and ending
: on the eve of the Solstice, I read a chapter
: and my kids LOVED it. I now read it to my
: grandchild, although I do it in one or two
: nights, instead of spread out over the
: month.
:
: I know about "widening the circle"
: and all .. but they are only 3/6 years old
: .. and I think THAT is a little young to be
: trying to teach them (if they want to learn
: that is).
:
: I'd share appropiately with them, even
: though they are young. Sharing your pathway
: with your family is really a nifty thing and
: if you miss doing it, you may well regret it
: later. 
:
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