Hail, oh you awesome ones.
The winter solstice is upon us, the shortest day of the year. The longest night, the darkest day.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/sciencefair/2015/12/20/winter-solstice-first-day-of-winter/77667242/ The Winter Solstice
A multitude of shiny lights, shine a path of glittery colours as we walk through the town. Christmas lights, Christmas joy, the night will fade and pass as we cover our homes with bright lights and dazzling displays of colour, to greet you. The longest night becomes the most brilliant night as we pass along the streets, admiring the creativity and the view.
The sleepy Earth covers her head with a soft blanket of snow and we, on the surface rise to the grandeur of the holiday season. It is with great joy, that we welcome this darkest night, and we sing the praises of the divine. It is with great joy that we welcome this holiday season and sing the praises of the creator. This most awesome dark night, this most awesome short day, will start a holiday time of peace, sharing and goodwill. This most awesome winter solstice, will mark the start of a journey to celebration of joy most high. The joy of the great divine. The joy of song, of merriment, of laughter, of togetherness.
Hail, all you brave ones. The journey to peace and happiness starts with your courage to pursue it, your unrelenting devotion to it. Hail all you brave ones, this shortest of days is a praiseworthy day. A day to sing, to turn on the Christmas lights, to light the way for others. This is the great, high holiday season, full of light, brightness and joy. It starts with the shortest day, the longest night, the most dark and the most joyous, festive season. This is a good day. No, a great day. This day is a blessing to us.
Shine your lights, oh joyous merrimakers. Sing and play and rejoice! The holiday season is upon us. Fill your day with grateful praises, fill your lives with love and sharing, fill your homes with warmth and friendship. These long, dark days of winter are a wonderful time of celebration.
Bright lights, sparking streets, festive homes, good cheer, good will, joy! This is the season of joy!
Snow, you dark and blizzardy sky, bring us the storms of winters night. We step out into the cold and smile. The winter. A fabulously special time of year, with fun, celebration, holiday, good cheer and snow.
Inside each warm and comfortable home, stockings hang by the fire. A tree is erected with lights and ornaments, bright and cheerful, festive and fun. The home smells of baking and holiday making, the fire lights our path. We sing with praises and gladness. This dark, long night, gives us a great gift. It gives us winter! It starts with a holiday, so immense that the whole world sings. It gives us praises to the great divine and praises to the one on high. We, the world of mortal beings, rise in song and celebration. Hail, you most brilliant being, light our world on this dark day and rise to sing and dance with us. For joy and celebration is upon us and we rejoice in it. Blessed winter, blessed holiday, blessed holy one.
Sing, all you wonderful ones, for on this short and dark day, we are given a gift of great tidings. We are given a holiday, a celebration and a miracle.
written by Dr. Louise Hayes
December 21, 2015