bracken Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Would just like to wish all of us who follow pagan paths a superb Yule tomorrow. BLESS YOU ALL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Bright blessings to you, Bracken! Have a good day ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lesley Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Happy Yule to all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fleata Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 bright blessings to everyone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Blue Sky Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Bright blessings to all from me too. This is such a beautiful and mysterious time of the year! Don't forget to bring something fresh and green in from the garden even if it's just a bunch of privet so the fairies can come in too... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I always do that too BS - Rosie is a real 'fairy child' and a believer too. We have friends who are Wiccans and Druid priests to boot. I know that they are celebrating - R is in awe of Rabs (who she calls a white witch), it helps that Rabs really looks the part too - she is tall, slim, long dark hair and stunning Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Well I've just walked some pooy grass in from the garden. Does that count Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cate in NZ Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I din't know about that tradition. I bought mistletoe today ( give the milkman a fright tomorrow ), but I'll go out and pick a holly bough from the garden right now as well. Will that count? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 I have just brought some bay leaves in to use in a table decoration................Hope some kind fairies came with them......Not sure if pooy grass counts Mel........... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 We've got holly from the garden in the kitchen so I've got a kitchen full of fairies . I made a wonderful entrance with the chocolate Yule log at dinner time to oooohs and aaaahs from the boys and LSH then promptly dropped it face down on the dining table ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nicola H Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Oh no did you s"Ooops, word censored!"e it back up and eat it .............Poor you all that trouble making it just to drop it......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Yes, waste not, want not!! The boys thought it was tasty even though it was a bit on the flat side ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mel (& Paul) Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 We've got holly from the garden in the kitchen so I've got a kitchen full of fairies . Bit like Elton Johns wedding then (sorry, couldnt resist ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Frugal Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I will go gathering our boughs tomorrow afternoon - there's a rumour at work that we'll be getting off early, so I'll be off to Great Tew for a walk in the woods and holly gathering. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Blue Sky Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 All this greenery has to be gone by 12th Night though otherwise those little people will make mischief all year long! I love the idea of a truce between us big folk and the Old ones for the dark of the year. So magical. I took 8 kids carolling last night, with my friend who is a very good singer (I stood behind her) and one of their dads with a guitar - the children had tea lights in jam jars covered with tissue paper, and very sweet it all looked - we raised £54.79 for the local childrens' ward! I was so proud of them - they sang proper carols, all the way through too. I've got fed up this year with oiky teens who stand on the doorstep, give it We Wish You A Merry Christmas and then stick a hand out for money So I'm really happy to have taken the children out to have such a nice experience - some people gave them satsumas, some gave sweeties, and one very nice lady gave the grown ups a glass of wine! I will do it again next year - maybe not with quite so many as it was a bit riotous in places... Off to do some last minute fretting now... Hx Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Well done BS. I am afraid that w don't get 'proper' carol singers round our way, just ragamuffins collecting for their own pockets I turn them away - I give a yearly amount to Cancer Research and run the Race for Life every year, I also give to a local 'hero' (Polly) who feeds the homeless every day. Cll me mean, but I refuse to give to those who are collecting for their own gain. I wish we had 'proper carol singers' like yours round here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mrs Blue Sky Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 I agree with you Clare. But that's why I organised our lot last night - because I felt nostalgic for the lovely carol singing that used to go on when I was little - people from our church would go round the streets, and sometimes people would come out of their houses and sing along too; it really made Christmas for me and I wanted some of that for my children. I get really sentimental at this time of year Christmas Eve is my favourite day, when it's all still to come, and we make mince pies and I crack on with the sherry... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted December 22, 2005 Share Posted December 22, 2005 Two of our neighbours have parties on Christmas eve, so we shall be house-hopping that evening Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
