#winter festivals

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

Scotland's lost celebration of Handsel Monday

For more than 500 years, many Scots considered Handsel Monday as the great winter holiday of the year.

Today is - or once was - Handsel Monday: the first Monday of the New Year...

[fishnamedsushi]

To Tell the Moon

Link to fic on AO3

An Obikin Discord Secret Santa fic for @narlth. I really hope you enjoy!

[nyxshadowhawk]

Art by Nigel Jackson

[pagansquare]

Is 'Silent Night' Reclaimable?

I've always hated “Silent Night.”

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[oroichonno]

Winter Festival in Aomori, 2018. Winter festival to enjoy Aomori’s freezing season Enjoy snow arts such as snow sculptures and winter fireworks that can taste in only this season. * Events

One reason I am glad ku=porokakko (college/university) is in this city. I very much look forward to going to at least one of these festivals since it isn't far from Hirosaki University. The only problem I would think of is that Tsagaan Sar takes place just before the Hachinobe Enburi, and may not be able to spend much time in it with my brother and his family. I can't wait to meet my 2 nephews again, and one of them is 4 months old, named Ishijiro/Batchuluu. 2 year old Ishizue/Suuriin Chuluu is doing very well despite the cold, and I really am glad Hakodate is quite easily accessible from here through the Seikan Tunnel since it means I could visit my brother's family on breaks (though these are rather sparse). I hope you guys are paying old debts and grudges buried for the old year. Apunno oka yan.

[erisplende]

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

Up Helly Aa: Women make history at Shetland's Viking fire festival

For the first time in 143 years, females joined the main Viking Squad at Shetland's Up Helly Aa.

[now-winter-comes-slowly]

After 30 days of darkness, celebrating the sun's return

The Inuvik sunrise festival in Canada commemorates the return of sunlight after a month of polar nights.