COLOURlovers :: Groups / Holidays / Conversations / Winter Solstice and Yule (December 21-24)

Created 8 Dec, 2007

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Hanukkah, Yule, Solstice, Mardis Gras, Kwanzaa, Shivratri, Purim, Easter, Samhain, Cinco De Mayo, Valentine's Day, Diwali &etc. If your palette/pattern celebrates a holiday - its food, customs, decorations, symbols - this is the place to give it a home.

The holiday doesn't need to be in the palette's title, but the palette should include a keyword for the applicable holiday.

Colors are welcome, too, if holiday-named.

Join in, make holiday palettes, invite all your friends, share the love. :)

Winter Solstice and Yule (December 21-24)

silver

silver wrote:

15 Dec, 2007

I'm including Winter Solstice and Yule (also known as Yuletide or Midwinter) together in this thread because they share so many cross-references and similar history, celebrations, decorations, feasting, etc. (The winter solstice we're referring to here is of the northern hemisphere.)

Winter Solstice @Wikipedia (includes overview of many "festival of lights" solstice observations)
Many celbrations of the Winter Solstice
Brief history of solstice celebrations
Yule @Wikipedia
Wiccan Yule Lore
Yule Origins, Lore, Legends

When making palettes for Winter Solstice or Yule, be sure to add a keyword "solstice" (or "wintersolstice") or "yule" or both. Additional keywords that might be applicable include: druid, celtic, pagan, wiccan, norse, christmas