As someone who feels more connected to celebrations of the Winter Solstice than of Christmas, I’ve often longed for an ancient story that I can call upon for Solstice celebrations, just as narratives about Jesus’ birth are told over and over again this time of year. It feels like my ancestors may have had those stories, but they were lost to time and Christian dominance — which leaves me in a strange position as a modern person, knowing that it is an ancient thing to celebrate the Solstice, but not having stories to hold me in that knowing. Last year, I wrote a story about the Solstice for the children of my congregation to perform as a pageant, and we’ll be doing the same story again this year; it doesn’t fill the gap of an ancient story, but feeling the potential of starting new rituals now, seeding the new stories that may hold us in future, helps feed that longing for me. – Rose Gallogly (CLF)
What are new stories you can tell this time of year? How are you planting the seeds of future traditions?
Is the Solstice story the author wrote available to read/hear anywhere? We love Solstice stories!
I will ask Rose if she might share it!
I would love to know the new Solstice Story. How might I be able to read it?
I will ask Rose if she might share it!