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Happy Winter Solstice! Long before the 12 Days of Christmas, the 13 Holy Nights began on the eve of the Winter Solstice. In the folklore of the Northern European peoples (from which I descend) this sacred period honored the arrival of the Shining One who closed the year’s darkest period and promised the return of warmer days. Whether she was known as Mother Holda or Mother Holle in Germany, Frau Berchta or Frau Perchta in Austria, Bavaria, Switzerland, or La Befana in Italy, her symbols are very