Winter Solstice~

Winter Solstice~

In today's post I thought I would go over the Celebration of the Winter Solstice. It is also known as Winter Yule too! The date of winter Solstice can vary from December 20 to December 23 depending on the year in the Gregorian Calendar.
Yule Winter Solstice is more known in the Northern hemisphere and the Summer Solstice in the Southern hemisphere due to the seasonal differences.
Yule ~ means when the dark half of the year relinquishes to the light half. Starting the next morning at sunrise, the sun climbs just a little higher and stays a little longer in the sky each day. This is known as Solstice Night ~ the longest night of the Year...
The sun's 'Rebirth' was celebrated with much joy. On this night, our ancestors would celebrate the rebirth of the Oak King, The Sun King, The Giver of Life that warmed the Frozen Earth. And from this day forward - the days would become longer...
For some folks, this is the hardest time of the year. Until it passes the 21 of December when usually the days get shorter and the nights aren't as long either...
I happen to be one of those folks, but that's another tale about me I might tell someday...
Anyway it seems that Bonfires were lit in the fields and crops and trees were 'wassailed' with toasts of spiced cider. Children were escorted from house to house with gifts of clove spiked apples and oranges which were laid in baskets of evergreen boughs and wheat stalks dusted with flour. The apples and oranges represented the sun. The boughs were symbolic of immortality evergreens  were sacred to the Celts because they did not "die" thereby representing the eternal aspect of the Divine).The wheat stalks portrayed the harvest and the 
flour was accomplishment of triumph, light, and life. Holly and ivy not only decorated the outside, but also the inside of homes in hopes Nature Sprites would come and join the celebration. A sprig of Holly was kept near the door all year long as a constant invitation for good fortune to visit the residents. 
 Mistletoe was also hung as decoration.  It represented the seed of the Divine, and at Midwinter, the Druids would travel deep into the forest to harvest it.
It seems that the Ceremonial Yule Log was the highlight of the Solstice festival. According 
to tradition, the Yule long must either have been harvested from the households land or given as a gift. It must never have been just bought!
Once the Yule log was dragged into the house and placed into the fireplace it was decorated in seasonal greenery, then doused with either cider or ale. Then dusted with flour before it is set ablaze with a piece of last year log.(which they save just for this purpose year after year). The Yule Log would burn throughout the night, then smolder for 12 days after before being 
Ceremonial put out.  
Ancient Customs~
It was an ancient custom for Yule Solstice, when they would sacrifice was made in their customs. 
This is when all the farmers were to come to the heathen temple and bring along with food that they needed while the feast lasted. At this feast all were to take part of the drinking of ale. Also all types of livestock were brought to be killed in connection with it too. Even Horses too. The blood of the animals that were to be sacrificed was called hlaut. Its seems that all the blood from these sacrificed animals was used in the feast & temple celebration too.  As for the vessels or the sacrificed animals, they were fashioned like sprinklers; what this means, they were smeared all over with the blood of the pedestals of the idols and also the walls of the temple within and without and likewise the en present were to be sprinkled with the same blood from these animals. 

However, the meat of these sacrificed animals were to be boiled and then served as food at the Celebration. Then fires were lit in the middle of the temple floor, where kettles would be hung over them. The sacrificial beaker was to be borne around the fire and he who made the feast was the Chieftain to bless the beaker as well as all the scarified animals. It was quite a Celebration of its day in the ancient days of the Yule Solstice... I hope You all found this interesting 

my dear Friends and Followers. I do try to find different seasonal type of stories during

the holidays and some of them are not all ways a happy because of the times.. I love you

YOUR WENDY
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Christmas in a Glass~

Christmas in a Glass~

Christmas in a Glass

I found a new Christmas Treat in a Glass for you all! my dear
Friends and Followers. It seems that you all loved the two others Holiday drinks that I posted so I decided to go looking for more holiday treats in a glass for you. This one could be called Gingerbread by the Glass-full too. It is very simple to make and will serves up to 6.

You will need:
1 bottle of Prosecco or any type of sparkling dry white wine( dry wine because you will be adding a bottle of very sweet flavored syrup to the drink) also you will want to make sure you white wine is well chilled.
1 bottle of gingerbread flavored syrup

Directions to making the Gingerbread in a Glass:

Pour either the Prosecco or very chilled white wine into each of the tall chilled glasses that

you have set aside for the Christmas Drink. Then for each of the Glasses add a capful of the Gingerbread flavored syrup to each glass. Its basically to taste. Enjoy and Merry Christmas YOUR WENDY HUGSSSS

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Where do Reindeer Come from?

Where do Reindeer Come from?
I thought I would do a post on the beauty of the Reindeer.

Also where the origins of the Reindeer came from being that it's the Christmas season. 
Reindeer and Caribou are of the same species which I found to be rather interesting. I also found that the Reindeer are thought to have been domesticated along the Russian Mongolian borders 5-7 thousands of years ago. I also found that the Reindeer origins are from Norway, Sweden and parts of northern Europe. Once these Reindeer were domesticated by the nomadic tribes of this region, which would supply food, clothing, milk and of course pull sleds to anywhere they needed to go in the cold frozen lands of Russia and Scandinavia where raising and herding reindeer is still a way of life even today.

How the Reindeer didn't arrive in North America until late 1890's.
It was around 1880 when there were reports in Alaska by the native people starving. So a minister by the name of Dr. Jackson devoted the last half of his life to serving the people of Alaska in their devotion to the ways of culture and the Idea of the Reindeer. It was Captain Healy who first suggested the idea to the minister of transporting domestic Reindeer from Siberia to the western Alaska as a solution to the food shortages among the native Alaskans. Through the harsh Bering seas, the ship had to get them through from the eastern Siberia Russia to Alaska was hard, was successful.

I also found that they are very  gentle and calm animals and great farm
pets. I say that because they have been farmed for over thousands of years. And the one thing I couldn't find is the true understanding of their origins- For more information on these amazing creatures I found this great Ranch just for the Reindeer Called HARDY'S Reindeer Ranch.reindeerranch.com/ 
I hope you Enjoyed this new Post. I found it interesting and fun.
Merry Christmas to you all my dear Friends and Followers...

Your Wendy

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TipsFromtheGarden-CleaningThatOldRustyCast-IronCookWare~

TipsFromtheGarden-
CleaningThatOldRustyCast-IronCookWare~

For today's TipsFromtheGarden~ I found some tips that might

help anyone that might have an old Cast-Iron post that is rusty and is 

covered in black crud. However, I does make a huge difference

on where your Cast-Iron cookware was manufacturer. 

If you either have or found a well-made 

cast-iron piece, restoring it will be fairly easy.

Here are a few steps, on how you could tell if you have

 high quality Cast-Iron Cookware.

The Main thing that you want to look for in good quality Cast-Iron Cookware 

is that its manufactured by the Lodge Company in Tenn. US. Why?

Because the Company Lodge is the last U.S.  

Manufacturer to cast its own iron for all its cookware. 

So if you find some cast-iron cookware that is other than Lodge; it usually is

of an lower quality of Iron among other things. 

Some of the other marking that you might see that is quite different than 

the Lodge is at the 'throat' of the handle of and skillet-pan. also

the bottom of the pan, it may not look as finished. By looking more

thicker and clunkier; plus the edges of all the cookware won't have

a nice smooth finish. So if you happen to find  well made Cast-Iron cookware!

but it happens to be a bit rusty and full of black crud, restoring it shouldn't 

be to difficult. To remove rust, use a soap-free steel wool pad and 

shrub as much of the rust and black crud off as you can before 

you do the baking part. This way it will make it easier in the long run

As to how many times you will have to repeat this process. 

You can either bake the cast-iron pan that you just finished scrubbing  

with the soap-free steel wool pad inside your self-cleaning oven for a couple hours

However, sometimes if you have to repeat the process you end-up 

with lots of smoke inside you home.

So I believe the best way to do the second part of your

Rusted Cast-Iron cookware, is not in your oven but outside.

Why? for a couple of reasons; depending on how rusty your cast-iron pot is;

you might have to repeat this process several times. 

And because of the process it could fill you home full of smoke, 

having to do it several times. 

With that all being said after the hand and muscle power 

of removing a much as you can with the steel wool then you need to 

bake it probably several times by heating the piece on a grill, over

a wood fire for a couple hours and repeat several times.

After you have completely cleaned the pot you will need to re-season it for use.

how you do this is; apply cooking oil of your choice 

all over it. Then Preheat your oven to 350 degree's. Before you start 

the baking process you need to line you oven floor and walls with 

alumni foil so that it doesn't have all the oil mess all over your oven.

After your oven is prepared, put the pan upside down for an hour. 

After the hour, turn off the oven and let it cool naturally.

They say, the more you cook with your newly seasoned cast-iron cookware,

the more effective they will be with your cooking with each use.

You will need to re-oil the pan after each use of cooking.

Well I hope that these hints will help some of you,

With your cast-iron cookware in the upcoming holidays.

I love you all my dear Friends & Followers hugs YOUR WENDY...

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