How to Celebrate Yule║Witches Sabbat

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It's time for the Yule season. Today we're talking all about Yule in modern celebrations, covering Yule Midwinter and the Winter Solstice. There are so many ways of celebrating and this small-ish video can't cover them all, but I hope it offers some techniques you may want to add to your own practice.

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Timestamps:
00:00: Intro
00:15: What is Yule?
02:29: Yule Tree
03:31: Decorate
06:20: Yule Altar
08:39: Basics
09:00: Journals
09:10: Look Back
10:05: Divination
10:45: Omen Days
11:53: Divination Parties
13:07: Sharing Stories
14:23: research
16:03: Gift Giving
18:20: Seasonality
19:20: Feasts
20:31: Spells and Rituals
24:36: Yule Log
26:20: Conclusion
27:14: Bloopers

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[HearthWitch]

The English Heritage is also doing a livestream from stonehenge this year, if you would like to watch, the link is below:

[zarmz]

in iran the celebration is called “yalda night” and it dates back to 502 BC, we gather with family to eat pomegranate and read poems from hafez by intuitively opening the book to a page that tells us what to expect during the year ahead or answers the questions we have!

[hannahryan]

My yule altar always has snow globes because yule I celebrate as the winter solstice and I celebrate Christmas too. Yule was my mom's least favorite sabbath because she had seasonal depression but she kept the season beautifully magical in her own way (like our Christmas pickle tradition or the cookies she'd make). I also put on my tree ornaments in honor of passed on pets and people we love (this includes a taxi for my husband's grandfather who drove one and flamingos for my mom).

[rayrayravenclaw]

The spices and scents associated with the holidays are so Yule related. Cinnamon, star anise, clove, are all healing and protected herbs.

[AllAmericanHomesteaders]

This is my first Yule celebration and I couldn’t be more excited! I am having a bonfire with my fiancé and daughters. Thank you Hearth! Absolutely love your channel!

[alexandracenuse]

I've been celebrating Yule for about 4 years now, but this is the first year I'm actually connecting with it and understanding what people celebrated. Part of this is because I can finally practice my witchcraft without fear of getting caught, but the other, far more important is that I started having to wake up at 6 and leave the house at 6:45 almost every morning for uni. Let me tell you... walking through the dark 4/5 days a week and feeling like your descending into the underworld will make you appreciate the return of the sun much more (and understand why the people of the past did too).

[judithlashbrook]

If you have children and are no longer with the other parent(s), celebrating the winter solstice is an ideal way of sorting out holiday timetables (while also more or less secretly sharing your witchyness with your children!) I gave up christmas years ago so that I could have a lovely solstice with all of my family together! So much better than doing a once every two year thing; especially if you have multiple children with different other parents or if your own parents/parents-in-law are clammering for your time... I thoroughly recommend! it also leaves your 25th free to do what ever you want as you've already had your own celebration! You could volonteer to help people who do miss family at that time of year...

[aseeyahrhinesmith]

Thanks for the ideas. I am a solitary witch so I usually camp outside for 3 days. I have a camp fire, meditate on intentions for the coming year and just enjoy Mother Nature. I like the idea of a yule cake. I'm gluten-free so I would probably have to make my own and of course eat it. You look gorgeous 😍 💗 💖

[briannaalexis]

I'm religious but I have a friend who Celebrates yule and I don't want to disrespect him so I want learn all I can ❤

[thefox]

Just wanted to note that your eye shadow looks very cool. ❤️

[MagicalGirlRose]

I'm getting ready for Yule but my Catholic family is trying everything to keep me in their faith but I want them to give up in attempting to reconvert me back in the church. I am trying my hardest to educate them about Yule and how it is celebrated before Christians came along and ruined everything for pagans like they always do

[nyxs]

Apart from having flu in 2018, plus visiting the USA in the same year, I have never missed a sabbat since I started this path. So here I am this year laid low again with a damned virus, but have decided to have a smaller ritual in bed. (sadly without incense and candles though I do have Yule oils for the oil diffuser. I’m not going to miss this Winter Solstice!! Happy Yule/Solstice everyone :)

[cwatsoncook]

I consider myself a Christian witch and am new to this. I have (and have had for years) what I call my “Earth Tree”. It has all brown/beige Earthy decor with white lights as well as Christian symbols.

[jfe]

I like the way you speak. You are serious, and to the point.yet comforting. Winter is serious, like Saturn. But can be beautiful, serene, and necessary.

[Delpuertadecabetha]

very inspiring ideas to celebrate these important hollydays - i like as specially the omen days 🍀

[carolinesuchman]

I’m still in the broom closet and I’m having my family over to my house for the first time since moving from Texas to Colorado and having a baby with my partner. I’m still somewhat in the broom closet, though my family isn’t particularly religious anyway. Christmas was always celebrated as a way to bring extended family together growing up, so that much is still the same. My decorations are decidedly woodland themed, and I’ll be honoring the coming light by dressing up the light over our dining table with orange slices and pine cones. I live in the woods so I’ll be collecting pine boughs this week to bring in for greenery and swags and wreaths. I’ll also be stirring lots of love and good intentions into our feast on Xmas eve and Xmas night, and using lots of seasonal ingredients like root veggies. I was on that sourdough train back in 2020, and haven’t made any since having my baby 9 months ago, but I’ve been feeding my starter every day and hope that it is ready and active in time for next weekend.
Hope everyone has a warm and bright holiday season!

[jadynmclain]

i absolutely love the way you structure your videos, you present the information in a way that’s very easy to receive🥰thank you very much for what you do

[schuylergeery-zink]

(My birthday is on Christmas btw) but I’ve always loved Winter Solstice/winter season! We just bought our first house and with a wood burning stove. I’m so excited to start a Yule Log tradition (the log I choose is sitting next to the stove — she’s beautiful). I’ve also got a sachet of herbs and spices from my massage therapist to go in our stove tea kettle steamer (and her homemade wax candles from her backyard bees)!

I’m planning on making a Yule Cake with festive winter flavors depicting the 8 sabbats with powdered sugar and nutmeg on top (use a piece of paper to make a design and sprinkle on top). And a home cooked feast!

We just moved here and don’t have a garden yet but we’re excited to get that started in the spring :3
I’ve got mistletoe up and lots of festive decorations. Each year we get an ornament that represents that year so I got us a “new home” one that is very cute… Put a Yule sweater on the dog. Lots of music in my household / I play the banjo and sing so we do carols :)

I have also been intentional about thanking the universe/creating and saying a blessing 🥰

[lizzieh]

Thank you for this. Even when I was a practising Christian I always preferred the decoratiins fron Nature such as pine cones, holly and mistletoe. For the past few years Ive had two owl ornaments nestled in my Christmas tree. I now call it a Yule tree. I feel like ive always preferred Yule to Christmas. For the pst few months Ive been exploring Paganism and Wicca and feel really drawn to it. I think Ive always been a forest witch. I was brought up in an industrial town but always loved the countryside from a young age.Your tree loooks beautiful.

[aliciahammond]

I always have limited energy to begin with but I've really leaned into a magical practice this year and have really enjoyed it. I truly appreciate these videos, so many inspired ideas. I've recently thought about baking gingerbread cookies with the leftover molasses from last year and now I'm extra motivated to do so. So fun!! Thank you, I wish you a blessed Yuletide & Winter Solstice ❄️ 🥀🕯