Hail to you the longest night of all the turning year!
Awake the resurrecting light that banishes despair.
For now the tide will start to turn and night will yield to day
And the waning year will shed its skin and cast the dark away.
Yule is come now beat the drum and light the Solstice flame
Tonight we’ll sing a hymn of praise for the Sun returns again.
– Jaiya, Yule is Come
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(Also, check out this awesome photo of the lunar eclipse taken by Mark Zaugg. Xander and I went out to witness the event – what a magical night for creating the world as we want it to be!)