For the Vikings, Germanic tribes, and other pagan peoples of pre-Christian Europe, this celebration, known as Yule, was originally meant to honor the winter solstice. The Yule or Yuletide ...

This is the name of the holiday celebrated by pagan Slavs ... Iranian people celebrate Yaldā night, the night of the winter solstice by getting all the family together, at the house of the ...

The Winter Solstice is at 4:20 am on December 21st, this Saturday. Reverend Christopher LaFond, board member of EarthSpirit and Director for Western Massachusetts Pagan Pride Day, explains its ...

Neo-pagan celebrations at Stonehenge gained popularity from the early C20th onwards. The summer solstice is an opportunity to celebrate the long summer days. The winter solstice reminds us that ...

The UK’s most famous site for solstice celebrations is Stonehenge ... circle for a sunrise ceremony run by local pagan and druid groups. Winter solstice marks the shortest day of year and ...

When the early Christian church celebrated the birth of Jesus, it easily adopted the date of Dec. 25 and the theme of returning light, life and hopeful celebration from ancient ...

Many around the northern hemisphere will be attending winter solstice celebrations. The winter solstice begins the pagan festival of Yule - but the astrological phenomena has been observed by ...