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 ...

For the pagan members the church serves, it marks winter solstice, the longest night of ... Fox said you don't have to be pagan to celebrate Yule. Anyone can commemorate the day by going on ...

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 ...

The origins of Groundhog Day date back to German settlers in the 1800s and the celebration of the Christian festival of ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...