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The Winter Solstice is the holiday I observe at this time of the year. I believe there’s something to be said for acknowledging the changing of the seasons and celebrating when the days finally begin to grow a little longer again in December.
From a purely scientific point of view, there’s something fascinating to me about how much the weather shifts from one season to the next. Studying science is a hobby of mine, and I love absorbing as much information as I can about everything from astronomy to zoology.
I also enjoy learning about how various cultures explained and prepared for the changing of the seasons back before humans understood why the western hemisphere has so many more hours of daylight in the summer than we do in the winter. Some of the titles on this list will reflect that curiosity.
Since I’m still hunting down copies of some of these books, I won’t say anything specific about them today. I am really looking forward to reading all of them, though! This is one of those topics that can be approached from so many perspectives that I could read about it for ages and still find new takes on it.
1) Grandmother Winter by Phillis Root
2) The Shortest Day: Celebrating the Winter Solstice by Wendy Pfeffer
3) Yule: Rituals, Recipes, & Lore for the Winter by Susan Pesznecker
4) Fireside Stories: Tales for a Winter’s Eve by Caitlin Matthews
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5) Winter Waits by Lynn Plourde
6) The Solstice Evergreen: History, Folklore, and Origins of the Christmas Tree by Sheryl Ann Karas
7) Lights for Luucy: A Unitarian Universalist Celebration of Winter Holidays by Connie Dunn
8) Yule: History, Lore & Celebration by Anna Franklin
9) Handknit Holidays: Knitting Year-Round for Christmas, Hanukkah, and Winter Solstice by Melanie Falick
10) The Return of the Light: Twelves Tales from Around the World for the Winter Solstice by Carolyn McVickar Edwards
