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About the Events . . .

We do several activities throughout the season. You may participate in as many, or few as you like.

Yule Card xChange: A holiday card exchange open to all. If you want to include a gift you can but it isn't necessary. We use Elfster to run this, which is an anonymous, random name drawing system and you info goes only to your partner automaticallyon the day of drawing, Dec 1, 2025.

Holiday Card: We also send out our own holiday card every year to anyone who wants one. Just sign up!

Yule Log: Write down one thing you want to "get rid of" from this past year and submit that on our form.

In the HEDGE LARP: If your persona has a power that you would like to dispense of/burn off, you may take it off of your persona sheet and choose a new power to replace it at Imbolc.

Fremont Sugarplum Party: FREE! Dress up & get ready to join us on the night before the longest night—when sugar crackles, plumwine glows, and the boundary between merriment and mischief thins like frost on glass. At our Sugarplum Solstice Party, we’ll light the Yule Log to welcome the returning sun, then plunge headfirst into the magic of The Plumwine Quest—a playful, enchanted mystery where winter revelry goes deliciously sideways.

When

All through December

Who

Anyone and everyone!

Where

Fairy Apothecary 421 N 36th St, Seattle, WA 98103

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The Winter Solstice

Yule takes place on the winter solstice. The winter solstice marks the shortest day and longest night of the year. It is the time to celebrate the rebirth of the light after the very darkest part of the year. In neopagan traditions, Yule is when the god, who sacrificed himself at Samhain, has journeyed through the underworld and, in the embrace of the goddess, becomes the child of light.

Yule or the winter solstice is also the stage of the Wheel of the Year when the god transforms from the Oak King into the Holly King. He’ll shift back to the Oak King at the summer solstice.The time between Samhain and Yule is one of purging what does not serve you and reflecting on the upcoming year with fresh eyes and hope for new beginnings. Yule is the moment where the energy of the new year rises up.