Holiday Season Poem
The end of the year contains so many amazing opportunities to come together. This poem contains references to some of the events celebrated around that time. The Winter Solstice occurs when we are tilted at our furthest away from the Sun. This makes our longest night of the year. For centuries, people have celebrated this event. Some people, such as the naturalist and Wicca, still celebrate the solstice itself as a welcome of the returning Sun. Certain cultures believed that the Sun was a wheel that rolled away and celebrated its turnaround at the Winter Solstice. This was often done with fire, a symbol of the Sun. Thus we have a Yule log, lights on the Christmas tree, Kwanzaa candles, etc.... Ancient cultures saw this as a sign of rebirth as the Sun was swinging back towards the Earth. In Buddhism, the Buddha found enlightenment after meditating under a ficus tree until he found peace and freedom from suffering. This is celebrated in December. Hanukah is a