GWE: Yule Tree Ornament Swap! USA

Hello lovelies!

I don't know about you, but I LOVE Yule! And I also love the idea of a beautifully decorated Yule tree in my home.

For this swap, you will send one partner a Yule ornament for their tree. It can be storebought OR handmade, but if you hand-make it, it MUST be good quality materials. For example, please don't buy a styrofoam wreath, paint it brown and make a hot-mess of gluing pine needles and glitter all over it. Think of traditional Pagan symbols, i.e. pentacle, triple-moon goddess, triquetra, horned god, green man, gaia, moon goddess, crescent moon, etc. You can also use natural materials, like crystals, acorns, cinnamon sticks and dried orange rings. If you don't want to put in the time to make a nice ornament, websites like Etsy and Amazon, or your local occult shop should have some beautiful buys.

Here are some ideas to copy and paste into your browser for handmade Pagan ornaments:

https://www.pinterest.com/search/pins/?q=diy+pagan+ornaments

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/135671007498239861/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/221169031676115016/

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/120189883781318709/

Please only send a quality ornament that you would love to receive yourself. I am not going to put a price or size requirement on this. You will have an entire month to buy or make your ornament and send it to your partner. Please be wise when packaging your ornament, so it doesn't break in the mail.

One ornament. One partner. One month. No flaking. Message the group founder @Tiffaknee with any questions or concerns. If any International members would like to do this swap, please message me and I will set something up for an International version, or a private swap!

And here is a little information about Yule, for those of you still learning about the Sabbats.

YULE (Winter Solstice) December 20-23 (varies according to the particular date on the standard calendar according to when the Solstice will occur astronomically). Longest night of the year, the turning point when the days shall afterwards grow longer as Winter begins its passage into the coming Spring. It is, in the Goddess worship, the time when she gives forth again to the birth of the Divine Sun child who shall be both child and eventually lover and father of the next child in the cycle. Winter Solstice for Pagans is a time of feasting and the exchanging of gifts and is the original holiday that the Christian religions modified into their own Christmas, even up to the birth of the child (Most theologians who have spent time studying the birth of Jesus admit he was born in either March or April, not the celebrated Christmas date we all know from the standard calendar – it was moved to this date to help induce Pagans to give up their old ways yet allow them their holidays during the spread of Christianity through Europe and the British Isles). Traditional adornments are a Yule Log, usually of oak, and a combination of mistletoe and holly (also all later plagiarized into Christian ways).