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 ...

Happy Winter Solstice Greetings for Friends ... still consider this an important religious holiday. These Pagan winter solstice quotes can help you share your best wishes with friends and family ...

Historians speculate this was done by the Emperor as a move to weaken established pagan celebrations that occurred around the Winter Solstice. The date wouldn’t be accepted by the Eastern Empire ...

chanting and singing pagan carols. This festival takes place in the northwestern corner of Pakistan over the winter solstice among the Kalasha people. A week long, it involves a series of ritual ...

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 ...

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 ...