For the cleansing of sins and the decoration of tables this midwinter 🎄
“Candlelight is also part of the Saturnalia celebration during Roman times, in which they also gave each other presents such as candles and clay dolls, and it relates to the idea of creating light in the midst of the darkness. Aside from the Roman and Christian traditions, so many other groups and religions have festivals of light around this time of year.
“The whole point of the Yule Log is about using the smoke and the burning of the log as a way of warding off evil spirits to cleanse the house. It’s a form of smudging and that’s an idea that is really visible across all the different methods of celebrating Christmas: using scent as a means of ritualistically cleansing. Back in the day, they would have covered the log in ale; it wouldn’t have to be particularly fragrant, it would just have to smell nice.
I have some essential oils to apply to the log but they would only really be used for when it is an ornament in the house, before it is burnt, so that it smells nice. Then when you actually burn it you can put some of the resins on top of it too. The cloves and cinnamon sticks can be inserted into the log, the juniper berries can be used as decoration around it.
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