The winter solstice doesn't quite have the same significance for me, living as I do in a desert (after all, the sun shines here about 330 days a year). If anything, I get excited more around the summer solstice, because it means the sun's fury will begin to wane.
That being said, for the last two years now I've saved a 12" section of the Christmas tree trunk, which then serves as next year's Yule log. The fire is started with a splinter from the previous year's log, which has sat on the lintel of the front door all year. It's a nice little ritual my daughter enjoys and the three of us can do together as a family.
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That being said, for the last two years now I've saved a 12" section of the Christmas tree trunk, which then serves as next year's Yule log. The fire is started with a splinter from the previous year's log, which has sat on the lintel of the front door all year. It's a nice little ritual my daughter enjoys and the three of us can do together as a family.