The shortest day of the year marks at the Winter Soltice, known to Wiccans as Yule(from the Norse lul, meaning "wheel"). It is one of the Lesser Sabbaths oof the year and falls at or about December 21. Part of the Pagan celebration is the gathering and displaying of evergreen boughs, showing thhe promise of new life in the coming spring. A Yule tree is errected in many areas to represent thhe phallus, or spirit of fertility. From this came the Christian Christmas tree. Yule was established as the birth date of Mithras-with veneration for the sun-and was then adopted by the New Religion(within a few days) to mark the birth of the "Son" Jesus.Summary from THE WITCH BOOK,pp.519-520. You can join Unsolved Mysteries and post your own mysteries or
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