Yuletide Greetings to all.

Mean Geimhridh, also know as Yule, is a time for hearth, home, and storytelling around the family fire. The Winter Solstice is a time when Light struggles for supremacy over the Dark, during which a threshold exists where powerful magick may be done. In the Ancient times the people would hold vigils on the eve of this festival to watch for the new Sun. The Sun has reached its farthest point in its journey south and time seems to stand still as the young light is reborn. Evergreens like the Holly, Pine, and Ivy were, and still are, held in reverence at Mean Geimhridh. Maybe some of the reasons why are forgotten by most modern people, but we Druids remember. Evergreens are honored at this time of the year because they represent eternal life and help to remind us that summer and the warm months will come again.