We voted to do very little for the holidays this year, for a couple of reasons. I’m too tired to do more than the bare essentials. Toddlers and simple holidays kind of go together. (She’s showing an alarming interest in climbing, which did not bode well for a tree.) I’ve got these revisions to finish up by Christmas Eve. What with one thing and another, we agreed that this year there were a lot of things that just weren’t all that important.
So I put wreaths on the doors and Christmas music in the CD player, and that’s been very nice. I’m going to make another batch of cranberry bread when I get around to it (maybe not before the weekend), and we’ll cook another turkey for Christmas day. The simplicity of our preparations and the classic carols are good reminders that really, this is what the season is all about.
Today is the 20th, so the solstice is just around the corner. Tried to find an astronomy site with the correct time for the winter solstice this year but came up dry. I did find this, however, and it’s full of links to interesting solstice information of all kinds.
I like the winter solstice best because it marks the return of the sun. The longest night of the year comes, and then the light begins to grow day by day. It’s a happy time, the promise of spring and summer in the middle of the cold, dark night. It’s good to remember when things seem dark that the light always comes back.
Good Yule, everybody. Now it’s time for me to go finish a book.
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