Solstice-A-Long, Day 6

***These are copies of postings to our ADF folks, of a home devotional system one can do on the Twelve Days of Yule.  There are ideas for both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. I'll try to keep up with this throughout, but as it is a busy season for everyone, I may have to double up!***

12/25: Good Day! And Welcome to Day 6! 

This day honors both the spirit of hospitality and gifting.  Many folks this day will be visiting or receiving others, and a reminder to honor the ancient customs of *ghosti.  This fits well with the secular and mainstream day of gifting.   

It’s not too much a stretch (and indeed it is well-attested in the development of Christmas) to see the focus on a Child of Light, and in the North, we can honor that figure in our own pantheons, such as Baldur, Aengus, Maponus, and others.  In the South, the sun is at its peak strength, so honoring the fully-grown champion or hero can be done here (Lugh, Heracles, etc.).  A symbol of either hospitality (perhaps the bow off a package) or the Child/Hero of Light can be added to the altar.