Celebrate Winter Solstice

Yuletide Planning Guide by Selena Fox

Rituals, Chants, Ideas, Videos, & Podcasts

Strengthen bonds with family and friends by visiting and/or exchanging gifts and greetings. Decorate your home with lights, greens, and holiday colors. Bless your home with a Yule wreath on your front door and sprigs of mistletoe inside. If you are part of a group, take up a collection of food and/or clothing at your Yule gathering and give what you collected to a social service agency to distribute to the needy (for example, Circle's Yuletide Charity Food Drive). Place sunflower seeds outside for wild birds to feast upon. Greet the Sun at dawn on Solstice morning by ringing bells. Do magic for a more peaceful planet.

CHANTS

Winter Solstice Chants by Selena Fox

MERRY SOLSTICE adapted by Selena Fox (audio)

We wish you a Merry Solstice! We wish you a Merry Solstice!
We wish you a Merry Solstice and a Solar New Year!

CUSTOMS, LORE, & MORE

CIRCLE PODCASTS

Winter Solstice Rituals

Winter Solstice Workshops

PRESS

Los Angeles Times, December 21, 2011
Winter Solstice: The cold-weather celebration is hot again.

Huffington Post, December 20, 2014
Winter Solstice 2014: Shortest Day of the Year Marked by Pagan Celebrations

International Business Times, December 19, 2014
Winter Solstice 2014: 3 Things to Know about Pagan Yule Celebrations

VIDEO

Complete 2014 Winter Solstice Pageant

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g5Dyg1MF_-U
Mistletoe by Selena Fox at 2010 Winter Solstice Pageant
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7vqOqYHRuJk

AUDIO INTERVIEWS

Celebrating Winter Solstice interview with Selena Fox
Awen's Path Podcast by Damh the Bard (David P. Smith), December 19, 2010
http://www.davidduir.com/Podcast/Entries/2010/12/19_Awens_Path_Episode_8_Celebrating_Winter_Solstice_with_Selena_Fox.html

Selena Fox interview on Winter Solstice: Past, Present, Future
December 20, 2010 with Forest Witch (.mp3)

Winter Solstice Ritual (December 21, 2011)
words, meditation, music & more, guided by Selena Fox on Pagan Warrior Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/witchschool/2011/12/21/pagan-warrior-radio-with-selena-fox-pam-kelly

Winter Solstice (December 11, 2007)
Winter Solstice around the world on Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders on Wisconsin Public Radio
Graham Harvey & Selena Fox talk with host Lori Skelton

Winter Solstice Sacred Sites (December 15, 2009)
Selena Fox interview on The Sacred Traveler on Blog Talk Radio
http://www.blogtalkradio.com/eric-butler/2009/12/15/the-sacred-traveler--winter-solstice-sacred-sites-w-selena-fox