YULE
For one impossible night, darkness reaches its full crown—
and then begins to break.
A.k.a: Winter Solstice [Around December 21]
The longest night holds its breath,
And the sun begins its slow return.
What This Night Is
Yule is the turning of the sun.
The longest night of the year,
when darkness reaches its peak and the light begins its return.
Ancient fires were kept burning through the cold—
to call back the sun,
to protect the home,
to remind the dark that it could not keep the world forever.
Evergreens were brought indoors as proof of life enduring winter’s teeth.
Feasts were held not because survival was certain—
but because hope was.
This was a night of waiting.
Of watching.
Of trusting that what disappears is not always gone.
Because even in the deepest dark—
something is already returning.
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