

How Christmas Can Heal the Sacred in Us
Regardless of spiritual tradition, our winter holidays help restore gaiety, family, and light into the dark world of the winter when the sun is lowest on the horizon and the days are short. For three days at Solstice the sun appears to stand still in its movement along the horizon. Candles, candelabra, starry tree lights, evergreen trees with bright balls of reflected light-all of these lift us up, inspire us, and add light to our world. It's easy to forget in the middle of a