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	YULE

DouglasDirk

11-29-2007 3:32 PM

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christmas, god, pagan, yule, spiritual, wreath, oak, tree

DouglasDirk says:

I wish that I could have clipped more of this article to reference the many pagan traditions that were adopted by Christianity. Merry Yule!

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/6186cdf2-3911-45cd-b094-8e2a50a597d7/934681E2-9E25-496C-A2B3-4F82CF0FDF30/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm" href="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm" style="font-size: 11px;">www.angelfire.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm">Yule, or Winter Solstice, represents the rebirth of light. During this
longest night of the year, the Goddess gives birth to the Divine Child of
Promise. His is the promise of summer and the return of the sun.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm">Wreaths were a popular representation of the endless
cycle…the Wheel of the Year.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm">
Evergreens were sacred to the Celts because they did not "die" thereby
representing the eternal aspect of the goddess. Mistletoe represented the seed
of the God, and at Midwinter, the Druids are said to have gone deep into the
forest to harvest the mistletoe. They cut the mistletoe with a golden sickle and
caught it in a white cloth for it was not to touch the ground in deference of
its sacredness.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm"><div align="center"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.angelfire.com/img/0518BF1C-840A-47B5-962B-F1AE3FC35B03" alt="" /></div></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm">Pagan and 
Christian families would bring a live tree into the home so the wood
spirits would have a place to keep warm during the cold winter months. </blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.angelfire.com/wa3/angelline/yule_lore.htm">Bells
were hung in the limbs so you could tell when a spirit was present. </blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/934681E2-9E25-496C-A2B3-4F82CF0FDF30/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>