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Happy Winter Solstice! 🍉🌿

Yaldā [ܝܠܕܐ], meaning "birth" in Syriac, is the celebration of the advent of Mithra (میترا), the Sun goddess and angle of justice. The Big Yaldā or Great Solstice (چلّهٔ کَلان) is marked on the last day of Āzar (آذر) [holy concept of fire] in the Solar astrological calendar.

The cypress tree, evergreen and resilient against cold, represents Mithra's immortality and life-giving power. On Yaldā Night, ancient Iranians decorated cypress trees, leaving gifts and pledging to plant new evergreens each year.

In 6th century, Yule,
a Germanic pagan practice, was inspired by Yaldā, with similar themes during the winter solstice, like decorating trees. As Christianity emerged, these customs adapted into Christmas celebrations, shifting from Mithra's birthday to Jesus' birth in December —despite evidence suggesting Jesus was born in March–, this led to tree decorating during Christmas.

And this is how Yaldā, Christmas, and Yule all share similarities in folk practices!



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Happy Winter Solstice! 🍉🌿

Yaldā [ܝܠܕܐ], meaning "birth" in Syriac, is the celebration of the advent of Mithra (میترا), the Sun goddess and angle of justice. The Big Yaldā or Great Solstice (چلّهٔ کَلان) is marked on the last day of Āzar (آذر) [holy concept of fire] in the Solar astrological calendar.

The cypress tree, evergreen and resilient against cold, represents Mithra's immortality and life-giving power. On Yaldā Night, ancient Iranians decorated cypress trees, leaving gifts and pledging to plant new evergreens each year.

In 6th century, Yule,
a Germanic pagan practice, was inspired by Yaldā, with similar themes during the winter solstice, like decorating trees. As Christianity emerged, these customs adapted into Christmas celebrations, shifting from Mithra's birthday to Jesus' birth in December —despite evidence suggesting Jesus was born in March–, this led to tree decorating during Christmas.

And this is how Yaldā, Christmas, and Yule all share similarities in folk practices!

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