simple rituals for the winter solstice ❄️⬇️ ✨ make a yule altar ✨ use white candles in your rituals ✨ make a yule simmer pot with oranges, cinnamon sticks, cranberries, apples, star anise, pine, etc ✨ if it’s snowing by you, collect some snow and use that as water in your simmer pot or rituals! ✨ reflect on the past year and those you lost ✨ look towards the future, the rebirth of the sun, and new life ✨ decorate a wreath or a pine tree ✨ burn a yule log - or even watch one on YT, may I recommen

"I've just seen how dark it is outside..." Today is the day with the fewest hours of daylight. Here's Abbie Dewhurst to explain why. | BBC Yorkshire