We had to delay our tree burning till today, because the weather was not agreeing us. So today we burn our Yule tree to officially really start the our journey to Imbolc. This is the time we burn our Yule tree that we saved from the Winter Solstice on the spot where our garden is going to go. Burning the tree is actually a very "green" way to get rid of your tree, because in a landfill when it decomposes it produces methane gas which is 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide. Instead burning the tree just releases the carbon dioxide it stored when it was growing.
As the tree is burning we say a blessing: We honor your spirit and sacrifice and thank you for blessing our homes. From your ash new life will be born. As we watch it burn we drink our masala paal and eat our cinnamon sugar cookies. Both recipes can be found in the recipe section.
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As a mom of three boys who go to public school I started to notice that some things were not being taught in detail so I decided to create lessons for them. Many of these lessons cover science, history and of information about Paganism. I share crafts for the all different holidays and cultures as ways that they can learn and have fun at the same time.
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