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Yule - December 2007

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Quote | Visualization | Affirmation

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The Shortest Day

So the shortest day came, and the year died,
And everywhere down the centuries of the
Snow-white world,
Came people singing, dancing,
To drive the dark away.

They lighted candles in the winter trees;
They hung their homes with evergreen.
They burned beseeching fires all night long
To keep the year alive.

And when the new year's sunshine blazed awake
They shouted, reveling.
Through all the frosty ages you can year them
Echoing, behind us--listen!
All the long echoes sing the same delight
This shortest day
As promise wakens in the sleeping land.

They carol, feast, give thanks,
And dearly love their friends, and hope for peace.
And so do we, here, now,
This year, and every year.

Welcome, Yule!
by Susan Cooper http://www.thelostland.com, 1977, written for The Christmas Revels

Creativity Exercise - December 2007

Yule:
What is your first reaction to the word? Yule log? Fireplace? Big medieval party?

Create a piece from your first reaction and layer it with more ideas that reflect your spiritual beliefs of this holiday season.

Affirmation

All seasons bring me inspiration, and ideas both small and large.

May you have a wonderful Holiday.

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