At Winter Solstice we experience the shortest day and longest night of the year.

At this ethereal moment, time itself seems to stand still — suspended in reverie — as we witness our beloved Sun retrace the same low, narrow arc three times before beginning its gradual ascent.

In time, Yule and the rebirth of the Sun at Midwinter became associated with the birth of Jesus Christ, the son of God, in the Christian tradition.

But Yuletide is first and foremost a celebration of the Sun’s rebirth and its significance comes from the observance of the planetary patterns of movement of which every living thing on earth is subject to and reliant upon regardless of religious affiliation or spiritual adherence.

May we each do what we can to reconnect ourselves to the harmonious rhythms of the natural world of which we are each mutually an integral part.