With the dwindling of daylight hours come candle-lighting winter holidays and gift giving. Today, many retail companies make the majority of their year's sales during this time period, but gift giving and merry making is part of very ancient traditions.
Solstice Celebrations
Solstice Celebrations
"The festival of the Kalends is celebrated everywhere as far as the limits of the Roman Empire extend... The impulse to spend seizes everyone.... People are not only generous towards themselves, but also towards their fellow-men. A stream of presents pours itself out on all sides.... The Kalends festival banishes all that is connected with toil, and allows men to give themselves up to undisturbed enjoyment. From the minds of young people it removes two kinds of dread: the dread of the schoolmaster and the dread of the stern pedagogue.... Another great quality of the festival is ...."For more, read Solstice Celebrations Part 1: Modern and Ancient Festivals of Lights, Solstice Celebrations Part 2: Zagmuk and Saturnalia, and Solstice Celebrations Part 3: Mithras and Hanukah
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