I like to share traditions, spells and rituals for the holidays.

Today is Kuumba in Kwanzaa (Creativity) to do as much as we can, in the way we can to make the community more beautiful than we inherited it, according to its creator, Dr. Karenga. 

In terms of New Years, I maintain what I can of my family traditions, I say what I can because
I can't get down with pig's feet and chit'lins but I do really believe
luck is held in beans and rice will bring fertile thoughts as will tomatoes and we have ours stewed. So tomorrow at Ayedo's place we'll be having black eyed peas, rice and stewed tomatoes for a lucky, healthy prosperous, creatively fertile New Year.

I haven't been able to log on to this site for ages, some glitch I supposed byt at Yule we do banishment work as a family. We typically write
something on a leaf that we want to be rid of from the old year and set
it afire in a bonfire. This year we did this as vision quest at the
dining room table. It proved powerful and transformative yet brushed
with danger this year. My daughter's boyfriend didn't tell us but he
submitted his car to the fire. He loves cars and wants a newer flashier
type than the robust yet old Volvo he's been driving. Minutes after the two
left our home for his house they were in an accident and totalled the
car. Neither of them were hurt (Thank the Goddess) at all but the
second car's driver had to go to hospital.

So our banishment work is powerful and it really works. As for
neophytes to the fire, I guess I should offer the warning I use this to
sign off my emails: "Be Careful What You Wish For."

Love to hear your spells, rituals, ceremony's etc., regarding New Years, etc.,

Blessed Be!

 

The show was on the Food Network Channel and I'm pretty sure it is called the "History of Christmas Foods."

Thanks for asking~

Ayido

Tune it folks.  Right now on Food Network (cable) they are doing a history of "Christmas" foods but what you hear out of the host's mouth is pagan this, pagan that, pagan, pagan, pagan.  They just finished having a woman of the old ways demonstrate how to make Wassail the original way, over spent coals, & including drinking it from a large communal bowl.  When I tuned in they were talking about Saturnalia in Roman times.  My, my, my are we coming a long way?  Hey, maybe that host guy is pagan? Tee hee.

Ayido Wedo

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What was Celestial Seasonings thinking?

I'm sipping some right now.  I'm a sucker for a quirky name from one of my fav companies, I must admit. BUT IT DOESN'T TASTE LIKE CANDY CANES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey, wait a minute....................

or is it just supposed to transport me to Candy Cane Lane?

I don't get it.

Ayido

Words, snow, poetry, beauty, magick...they all flow into nice little, packable, the fugitive balls. Snowmen inspire me. I wish I could collect them. Yesterday when I was walking I was wondering what the Inuit words for snow were.  To me, yesterday it was teenager snow, fresh but getting brown around the edged; still young but growing older'.  Today I call it, 'semi-sloushy, uninspirational but still there snow'.  What will the morrow will bring?

Ayido Wedo

Some Inuit Words for Snow I found:

tlapa-powder snow

tlacringit-snow that is crusted on the surface

kayi-drifting snow

tlapat still snow

klin-remembered snow

naklin-forgotten snow

tlamo-snow that falls in large wet flakes

tlatim-snow that falls in small flakes

tlaslo-snow that falls slowly

tlapinti-snow that falls quickly

kripya-snow that has melted and refrozen

tliyel-snow that has been marked by wolves

tliyelin-snow that has been marked by Eskimos

blotla-blowing snow

pactla-snow that has been packed down

hiryla-snow in beards

wa-ter-melted snow

tlayinq-snow mixed with mud

quinaya-snow mixed with Husky

shitquinyaya-snow mixed with the shit of a lead dogs

limtla-snow that is crusted on top but soft underneath

kriplyana-snow that looks blue in the early morning

puntla-a mouthful of snow because you fibbed

allatla-baked snow

fritla-fried snow

gristla-deep fried snow

MacTla-snow burgers

jatla-snow between your fingers or toes, or in groin-folds

dinliltla-little balls of snow that cling to Husky fur

sulitlana-green snowmen

tlana-pink snow

tidtla-snow used for cleaning

ertla-snow used by Eskimo teenagers for exquisite erotic ritual

skriyantli-snow bricks

hahatla-small packages of snow given as gag gifts

semtla-partially melted snow

ontla-snow on objects

intla-snow that has drifted indoors

shlim-slush

warintla-snow used to make Eskimo daiquiris

mextla-snow used to make Eskimo Margaritas

penstla-the idea of snowmortla snow mounded on dead bodies

ylaipi-tomorrow's snow

nylaipin-the snows of yesteryear ("neiges d'antan")

pritla-our children's snow

nootlin-snow that doesn't stick

rotlana-quickly accumulating snow

skriniya-snow that never reaches the ground

bluwid-snow that's shaken down from objects in the wind

tlanid-snow that's shaken down and then mixes with sky-falling snowever-

tla-a spirit made from mashed fermented snow, popular among Eskimo

mentalini-snow angels

priyakli-snow that looks like it's falling upward

chiup-snow that makes halos

blontla-snow that's shaken off in the mudroom

tlalman-snow sold to German tourists

tlalam-snow sold to American tourists

tlanip-snow sold to Japanese tourists

protla-snow packed around caribou meat

attla-snow that as it falls seems to create nice pictures in the air

sotla-snow sparkling with sunlight

tlun-snow sparkling with moonlight

astrila-snow sparkling with starlight

clim-snow sparkling with flashlight or headlight

tlapi-summer snow

krikaya-snow mixed with breath

ashtla-expected snow that's wagered on (depth, size of flakes)

huantla-special snow rolled into "snow reefers" and smoked by wild Eskimo youth

tla-na-na-snow mixed with the sound of old rock and roll from a portable radio

depptla-a small snowball, preserved in Lucite, that had been handled by Johnny

Depptrinkyi-first snow of the year

tronkyin-last snow of the year

shiya-snow at dawn

katiyana-night snow

tlinro-snow vapor

nyik-snow with flakes of widely varying size

ragnitla-two snowfalls at once, creating moire patterns

akitla-snow falling on water

privtla-snow melting in the spring rain

chahatlin-snow that makes a sizzling sound as it falls on water

hootlin-snow that makes a hissing sound as the individual flakes brush

geltla-snow dollars

briktla-good building snow

striktla-snow that's no good for building

erolinyat-snow drifts containing the imprint of crazy lovers

chachat-swirling snow that drives you nuts

krotl- snow that blinds you

tlarin-snow that can be sculpted into the delicate corsages Eskimo girls pin to their whale parkas at prom time

motla-snow in the mouths

otla-snow in the south

maxtla-snow that hides the whole village

tlayopi-snow drifts you fall into and die

truyi-avalanche of snow

tlapripta-snow that burns your scalp and eyelids

carpitla-snow glazed with ice

tla-ordinary snow

 What do you call yours? Ayido