The winter solstice has historically been a time for celebrating, as it’s when the sun renews itself: the days get longer, and the sun is metaphorically reborn. It’s why the calendar flips at this time of year, and why so many faiths celebrate the solstice in some form or other, in many cases, later religions adapting existing solstice celebrations for their own purpose. Yule, Christmas, Chanukkah, the new year, whatever — all celebrating the sun’s renewal. (EDITED TO ADD: as pointed out by Marina in the comments, Chanukkah isn’t really a solstice celebration, but rather a celebration of an event that happened to occur in winter, which has received outsized attention due to its proximity to the solstice in general and Christmas in particular.)
On this day, which Christians adopted as Christmas in order to more easily market their religion to peoples of other faiths who already celebrated this time of year, here are a few of my favorite songs that celebrate the holiday:
*ahem* Hannukah is not a solstice celebration. It commemorates a specific historical event — the re-dedication of the Temple in Jerusalem after the Maccabean Revolt in 165 BCE — that happened to take place in winter.
True, it’s not specifically related to the solstice, and only has received outsized attention because of it’s coincidental proximity to the solstice…….
I just can’t la semua orang nak argue dia betul dia salah.
I need a peaceful tl but at the same time i like reading teas hshshshs AKU YANG PROBLEMATIC NI HAHAHAHAHA https://isfacongress.com/