Yule Day 2024 is on Saturday, December 21, 2024: Pagans, how do you celebrate yule?:)?
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Yule is a Pagan holiday. Christmas is a Christian holy day. They are not related.
If your birthday fell on a Thursday this year but were not going to celebrate it until Saturday then would everyone at your party be upset that your birthday party was not on your exact birthday? Of course, not. A birthday party on Saturday would be more convenient for almost everybody.
If no one knew when your birthday was then what day would you choose to celebrate it? Suppose most of the people you wanted to invite were farmers who had to work all spring, summer, and fall just to make enough to survive. You might pick the middle of the winter for a convenient time for your party.
No one knows the exact day when Jesus was born. If a date close to the winter solstice was partially chosen for Christmas to make conversion of pagans to Christianity easier then what is the harm of that?
Christmas (the Mass of Christ) is (and always has been) the Eucharistic celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, God the Son.
The angel said to them,
"Do not be afraid; for behold, I proclaim to you good news of great joy that will be for all the people. For today in the city of David a savior has been born for you who is Messiah and Lord. And this will be a sign for you: you will find an infant wrapped in swaddling clothes and lying in a manger."
And suddenly there was a multitude of the heavenly host with the angel, praising God and saying:
"Glory to God in the highest and on earth peace to those on whom his favor rests."
(Luke 2:10-14)
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Just because a Christian Holy Day lands near or on the same day of the year as a Pagan holiday does not mean that that Christian Holy Day is "based on Paganism" or is "worshiping Satan."
With the thousands of Pagan religions all over the world which have been practiced for thousands of years, there is probably at least one (if not more than one) Pagan holiday for everyday of the year.
Using that logic:
+ Christians could never celebrate anything on any day of the year.
+ Anyone celebrating a loved one's birthday on April 20 is celebrating Hitler's birthday because coincidentally, Hitler was born on the same day.
With love in Christ.
How many days is Yule actually supposed to be?
Traditional yule celebrations take place on the Winter Solstice. this is usually on or around the 21st or 22nd of December. In some traditions, Yule is an ongoing holiday, culminating in a feast on January 12th.
Most modern pagans simply celebrate the Solstice.
why is it called the TWELVE days of christmas, why not any other amount?
Yule lasts for 12 days, from Winter Solstice (Dec 21/22) to Jan 6/7. Christmas was created in the Middle Ages based on Yule festivities.
