SER SALA WE PIROZ BE 2020 HAPPY NEW YEAR 2020

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MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE

Or should I say

MERRY GROSS CONSUMERISM DAY

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Christmas tree:

Dating back centuries before Christ, cultures brought evergreen trees, plants, and leaves into their homes upon the arrival of the winter solstice, which occurs in the northern hemisphere between December 21st and 22nd to celebrate the return of life at the beginning of winter's decline.

Romans had a public festival called Saturnalia, which lasted one week beginning on December 17th, and included a variety of celebrations around the winter solstice.

Roman winter solstice was marked on December 25th on the Julian calendar

Witch Balls

The English glass witch balls contain strings of blown glass throughout the interior of the ball – the strings act to capture the evil spirit inside like a spiderweb catches flies.

At a time in Europe when witches were considered wise women, witches gave these balls to neighbors to protect them from negativity. Over time, as witches became accused and executed, people hung witch balls outside of their homes to ward off the very witches that invented them in the first place.

Witch balls are the root of the modern-day Christmas tree ornament.

Steps for How to Make a Witches Ball:

You will need

dried herbs like rosemary, lavender, sage, etc.
a binder like gum arabic or benzoin
mortar and pestle
cookie sheet or wax paper

After you’ve gathered the ingredients and tools needed, follow these steps:

Pour a small (desired) amount of each herb into the mortar and pestle and grind them down into a powder

While performing these steps, visualize your intention in your mind (be it love, money, banishment, healing, etc)

Next add your binding agent – benzion or gum arabic

Begin rolling the binding agent and herbs into a ball. Visualize and focus on your intention with each movement

Once the witches ball is formed, leave it to dry for a day or two on the cookie sheet or wax paper

Burn the traditional witches ball like incense in a fire-safe container or keep in windowsills, on altars, and around the house to bring the desired effect into manifestation. Make traditional witches balls for love, prosperity, healing, to ward off evil, or to banish negativity.

Santa Claus

Santa Claus comes from the Dutch Sinterklass, which literally translates into Saint Nicholas

The first Coke Santa was illustrated by Haddon Sundblom in 1931, who took inspiration from the poem by Clement Clark Moore, A Visit from St Nicholas (more commonly known as 'Twas the Night Before Christmas).

He modelled the children in his drawings on his own children.

His illustrations were used for several decades afterwards.



A great many years before Saint Nicholas was born, the Norse God Odin led a hunting party through the sky during Yule and delivered presents to children

Ergo Odin is the original Santa

Caroles

Comes from the word carula meaning dancing in a circle

Carols used to be Pagan songs sung through the year. As they were so popular they were adopted by the Romans and then by the church

Turkey

For those about to tuch into their Turkey roast - turkeys are named that because they originally came fro Turkey

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HAPPY - NEW - YEAR

To

All Kurds Everywhere

and

All Our Friends and Supporters

May 2020 be the year of

KURDISH INDEPENDENCE