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Yuletide Greetings!

We've done it! We reached the end of another year and are now looking forward to a new one! We hope your year wasn't filled with too many hard lessons to learn and we sincerely wish you a smooth and prosperous year going forward.

Our year was wonderful! We've added a few new students; some of our 1st year students advanced to the next level; and we added an elder to the mix! (Pictures from our Earthly sabbats.)

Our 8 sabbats for the year were a joy to attend, witness, and participate in and our events from the Pagan Book Faire & Exchange to our public Full Moon Esbat to our Mystical Ouija Board lecture and participation night garnered us a lot of new friends and connections. (Pictures from our solar sabbats.)

Our Yule Sabbat was held early, as it is every year, so that our members could spend time with their family and friends during the holiday season, but many of us lit our Yule Log candles on the solstice itself. In our tradition, Yule Logs are crafted every year and the candles are burned on solstice night to entice the Sun to return. At the next gathering of loved ones, the log itself is burned to release the essence of the God from within. You can look forward to brightly colored logs stocking our Imbolg fire pit for that sabbats festivities.

One of the beautiful Yule Logs decorated by our students. Click here to see more of them.

"My favorite thing about this season.... The feeling and the lights...
And the music."

"My favorite thing about this season is precious time with my friends and family... and that time to recharge before committing to the new year."

"I love the food, cookies, and spending time with my friends."

"I love the rich and looooong history of this season and how it was worshiped by almost every culture in one form or another. I love the feeling of love and warmth and charity that seems to radiate from everyone at this time."

"I love giving gifts."

Some of the sentiments from our people.... there's also this one.

"I don’t have a fave of anything for this season besides when it’s over."

Hahahaha!

UPCOMING EVENTS

Our next event is
CORN DOLLY CRAFTING

Saturday, January 12, 2019 at 6 PM – 9 PM

The corn dollies we create are used to bring certain hopes and desires into your home. Would you like more prosperity? Abundance? Fertility? Protection? You can make your dolly with those ideas in mind and bring those attributes into your home for the coming year.
See our Facebook event here.

One of our biggest events of the year
Pagan Book Fair Exchange
Saturday, February 23, 2019 at 2 PM – 7 PM
Trade in your old books for new old books
or buy some for as low as $3.
See our Facebook invite here.

With the NEW YEAR comes new goals for yourself!
Consider taking classes from us at
Inner Circle Sanctuary.
New classes starting in January.
Tuesdays or Sundays.
Click here for more information.

Happy Holidays!
& We Wish You the Very Best for the New Year!
from all of us at Inner Circle Sanctuary