Happy Sunday friends! 🥰 Today is a magical day ✨☀️I set up my own book store and have been reading about the ancient history. 📚 Today, 21 December is the Winter Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere. The 🌎 tilts on its axis so that the North is angled farthest away from the Sun, creating the shortest day and longest night of the year. From this point onward, daylight slowly begins to increase, marking the gradual return of the 🌞! For Turks, today carries the ancient spirit of Nardugan, the Turkic celebration of the Winter Solstice. They honored this day as the rebirth of the sun, when the long darkness finally begins to give way to light. It symbolized renewal, protection, strength, and hope. The sacred decorated tree, wishes tied with ribbons, prayers for health and prosperity… Gifts and food shared..all of it came from gratitude to the sky, nature, and life itself. ❤️ For pagans, this day is Yule, the turning of the great Wheel of the Year. It is the longest night and the first...