tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post8894613995208454595..comments2023-10-24T08:42:49.733-07:00Comments on Lucretia's Reflection: My New Gothic/Shadow SabbatsLucretiahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-32655673282360078972015-02-12T08:41:21.440-08:002015-02-12T08:41:21.440-08:00Silly, you're not boring!! If traditional hol...Silly, you're not boring!! If traditional holidays work for you, great! Why not celebrate them? And you certainly don't have to be Christian to celebrate Christmas; Santa Claus takes care of that quite easily! ;-)<br /><br />We love Thanksgiving because it's all about getting together with family and friends, and thankfulness for one's blessings (NOT just about gift giving!), so we celebrate that as well. I didn't include it in my list because it's not a pagan holiday. Lucretiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-68212470172020009582015-02-11T20:22:05.945-08:002015-02-11T20:22:05.945-08:00Oh, I'm so boring ... traditional Christmas, E...Oh, I'm so boring ... traditional Christmas, Easter and Thanksgiving in this household. Of course Hallowe'en is the really big one! I've got a list of books to read on pagan holidays though - maybe add a few more to our list of festivities now that we're out here. :)Insomniac's Attichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11713662124096176176noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-79740638300952241012015-02-11T13:48:29.363-08:002015-02-11T13:48:29.363-08:00Oh... Hmmm, well, I just may have to make up my o...Oh... Hmmm, well, I just may have to make up my own variation, then! :-)Lucretiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-32238863678904518702015-02-11T08:28:59.419-08:002015-02-11T08:28:59.419-08:00Just one point, Lucretia. Vampire's Day Soiree...Just one point, Lucretia. Vampire's Day Soiree is a blog celebration and happens at Holly's Horrorland ( http://hollyshorrorland.blogspot.com ). All you've got to do is sign up to participate and post something vampire on your blog that day. Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-34375498169248794552015-02-10T21:50:52.146-08:002015-02-10T21:50:52.146-08:00Thanks! It's always good to go traditional wh...Thanks! It's always good to go traditional when you're doing them for the first time, just so you know how it feels to you. Then you have a better idea of what you'd like to keep, and what you'd like to do that's different. Have fun! :-)Lucretiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-87028813690486416112015-02-10T15:34:55.819-08:002015-02-10T15:34:55.819-08:00I really like your changes to make them more perso...I really like your changes to make them more personal! I am celebrating sabbats for the first time this year, in the future i may change them more.Laura Morriganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16402692693911867276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-71488842978531823452015-02-10T14:17:55.369-08:002015-02-10T14:17:55.369-08:00Thanks very much for sharing these! Those days ma...Thanks very much for sharing these! Those days make sense, and not all of them are that much off the traditional pagan days. Autumn Equinox/Mabon is usually somewhere between September 18-21, Hallowe'en/Dias de los Muertos are on the exact days as yours, and Yule is traditionally somewhere between December 19-22. <br /><br />I just heard about the Vampire's Day Soiree, that sounds like fun! Perhaps I should include it in my own list, although I don't know too many people here who would want to celebrate it with me. But if not, I can have it by myself.Lucretiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-80466482853675260462015-02-10T14:00:52.386-08:002015-02-10T14:00:52.386-08:00I seriously want to know how you made cookies that...I seriously want to know how you made cookies that looked like groundhogs in scarves and shirts! That sounds like fun, and thanks so much for sharing your ideas. <br /><br />And it's okay if you love Sun holidays, I'll still like you! ;-) Lucretiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07489662765492879926noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-21595792592720912932015-02-10T08:37:39.414-08:002015-02-10T08:37:39.414-08:00The days I tend to observe, if you want to call it...The days I tend to observe, if you want to call it that are totally off the typical pagan calendar and are more attuned to my local. I don't even know why I hold these days in particular, but I do. Here they are: <br /><br />January 17: It's around this date that I first notice the lengthening daylight. I love the long nights of winter but not the cold.<br /><br />February 14: Vampire's Day Soiree<br /> <br />February 24: Because during this last week in the month it's turning into spring and March is approaching. <br /><br />June 7: Although not officially, it's summer and will be for a long time. I always sit on the cemetery wall on this night and watch the bats and fireflies. <br /><br />July 17: The days are beginning to grow shorter.<br /><br />September 18: Still summer, but changes are definitely coming. Usually, I go outside in the evening and listen to the sounds of the katydids while I still can. Soon their mating calls will be extinguished by the cold.<br /><br />October 31-November 2. Halloween and Dia de los muertos. I tend to lump these three days/nights together. I usually get a horror movie for Halloween or at least watch an episode of Dark Shadows as well as go out to enjoy the festivities. It's also a time that I embrace the feeling that the veil between the worlds is thinnest. I might cast a circle for a bit of magick at this time as well.<br /><br />December 21: Yule. I acknowledge it but that's about all.<br /><br />There you have it!Nightwindhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07148270720593016700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3554473301545726020.post-37989725425725763142015-02-10T03:57:16.598-08:002015-02-10T03:57:16.598-08:00I like the idea of replacing holidays with holiday...I like the idea of replacing holidays with holidays. I try to tweak holidays to meet my needs. I think, like you, in the case with Beltane, I would focus on the fertility of my spirit or creativity... Bringing forth creative life? Something like that. Of course, I adore Candlemas. I usually have a brunch with some sort of weather predicting game through cookie selection. One year I had groundhogs dressed in scarves and in Hawaiian shirts, another year I have sun and snowflake cookies. Guests make their predictions through which cookies they eat. <br /><br />And maybe because I'm experiencing a commute in freezing rain or maybe because I physically had be in direct sunlight for extended periods of time because of my meds but I think I love Sun holidays :) Goth Gardenerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14304287944330634582noreply@blogger.com