'Which of the Holidays do you celebrate?" - Dahlia
I was raised celebrating two kinds of Christmas; the normal Christmas on the 25th of December and also what we would call Armenian Christmas or Little Christmas on January 6th. I've also heard this referred to as "true Christmas" or "the coming of the 3 wise men." Where regular Christmas was all the fun stuff like toys and such, Little Christmas was when you got the necessities like socks, shoes, clothing, that type of thing.
Ever since I discovered Paganism though and have been an avid follower and practitioner of the Olde Ways, I do celebrate Yule as well. Honestly, I'm more than happy to roll everything up into one giant day and get it all out of the way at once. Spreading myself out over 3 different versions of the same holiday is wearing on me. I usually spend Yule by myself or with my significant other, Christmas with my mom and Little Christmas with my father. It's nice to be able to visit them all though. But I do still enjoy celebrating Yule. It's not nearly as commercial as Christmas and it's not all about the presents and such.. it's about celebrating life in a season of death.
No comments:
Post a Comment