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Yule is a winter festival historically observed by the Germanic peoples that was incorporated into Christmas during the Christianisation of the Germanic peoples.In present times adherents of some new religious movements (such as Modern Germanic paganism) celebrate Yule independently of the Christian festival.
Koročun or Kračun was a pagan Slavic holiday. It was considered the day when the Black God and other spirits associated with decay and darkness were most potent. The first recorded usage of the term was in 1143, when the author of the Novgorod First Chronicle referred to the winter solstice as "Koročun". [1] [3]
Winter holiday may refer to: Christmas and holiday season; Winter holiday, a name sometimes given to the Christmas period to avoid Christian connotations (see Christmas controversy) Winter Holiday, a book in the Swallows and Amazons series by Arthur Ransome; Winter Holidays (Vacanze d'inverno), a 1959 Italian film
This Yuletide season, head on over to the House of Mouse’s streamer for a huge selection of holiday flicks 42 Christmas Movies You Can Watch on Disney+ Now (Including Two of the Holiday Season's ...
Verteps parade. Lviv, Ukraine Koleduvane in Poland. 2019 Koleduvane in Russia. 2013. Koliada or koleda (Cyrillic: коляда, коледа, колада, коледе) is the traditional Slavic name for the period from Christmas to Epiphany or, more generally, for Slavic Christmas-related rituals, some dating to pre-Christian times. [1]
For some winter sun that’s closer to home, the Canary Islands are the best option. These islands’ location, off the coast of Morocco, gives them subtropical weather that brings stable ...
Samhain (/ ˈ s ɑː w ɪ n / SAH-win, / ˈ s aʊ ɪ n / SOW-in, Irish: [ˈsˠəunʲ], Scottish Gaelic: [ˈs̪ãũ.ɪɲ]) or Sauin (Manx: [ˈsoːɪnʲ]) is a Gaelic festival on 1 November marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter or the "darker half" of the year. [1]