Christmas / Winter Solstice / Yuletide... The coming holiday/holyday has deep ancient roots, only recently attributed to Chrisitianism, which had no birthday for its Savior until the fourth century AD, and even then was piggybacked onto already-ancient traditions of tree worship (see Christmas trees, mistletoe) and the concept of Nature rebirth (evergreens, holly) and sympathetic magic to bring back the light of the sun (christmas lights). Our most remote ancestors noticed the fading/resurrecting sun patterns from their earliest days. Being dependent on natural cycles for agriculture and hunting -- they had to.
As good an intro as any is --
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgT1SRcrKE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgT1SRcrKE[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5QHDgMEXU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5QHDgMEXU[/ame]
Won't be long before the sun starts to rise again.
As good an intro as any is --
[ame="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgT1SRcrKE"]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oZgT1SRcrKE[/ame]
[ame="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5QHDgMEXU"]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IU5QHDgMEXU[/ame]
Won't be long before the sun starts to rise again.
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