Yule Ideas and Activities
- Make your own Yule log. If you don't have a fire place, carve three holes in the top and use as a candle holder on your altar. Decorate with ribbons and ivy.
- Empower mistletoe for healing and prosperity.
- Study the legend of the Oak and Holly Kings, and the Yule Log.
- Make puppets or statues to represent the Oak and Holly Kings and place on your altar or put on a skit for younger members.
- Research the history of St. Nick (When Santa was a Shaman by Joseph Cusamario is a good start) and the Yule/Christmas tree.
- Make and empower Yule cards for loving energy and blessings.
- Empower ornaments for prosperity.
- Empower all gifts with love and happiness.
- Build a Yule altar to honor the spirits of the wolf and the stag.
- Find out what Belsnickle is and how it fits in with the magickal German Yule.
- Begin or keep up family traditions of the season.
- Yule occurs at the transition of Sagittarius to Capricorn. Capricorn, ruled by Saturn, gives us the authority, strength, and business acumen to make wise decisions about our future.
- Sing Solstice carols.
- String popcorn and cranberries, hang outside on trees for birds.
- Decorate pine cones with glue and glitter; hang on the tree as a symbol of faeries.
- Hang little bells on the tree to clear negative energy and attract faeries.
- Glue caps on acorns and attach string to hang on the tree.
- Burn ash wood for prosperity.
- For Yule blessings: hang a wreath on the door, hang mistletoe inside,give food and clothing donations, throw sunflower seeds outside for the birds, ring bells to greet the rising sun on the morning of the Solstice.