Howler's Chronicle: Yule Issue

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Merry Yuletide Greetings from the 𝕳𝖔𝖜𝖑𝖊𝖗’𝖘 𝕮𝖍𝖗𝖔𝖓𝖎𝖈𝖑𝖊!

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Surprised Howlers!!! This special Yule issue is brought to you by the Lunar Wolves! They wanted to give a little more back to the community for this holiday season, and we must all show them love for it! Thank you Wolves, we deeply appreciate the efforts you have made with this issue! :blue_heart: :feet: :wolf:

But this issue alone is not all the surprises in store, nope! There is also a Yuletide Challenge to go with this issue!! So once you get through reading head over and check out the challenge Moon Raven has whipped up for us this holiday season!

Yuletide Traditions Challenge

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:black_small_square: ғᴇᴀsᴛ ᴛᴀʙʟᴇ

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:black_small_square: ʟᴜɴᴀʀ sᴘᴏᴛʟɪɢʜᴛ

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Well Howlers, I don't know about you but in my house celebrations don't happen without food and here in this issue that is no exception either! Clear off the table and get set to cook ladies and gents, because you all have just stepped up to the Feast Table of Yule! This segment is brought to you by our wonderful leader Ruby Rose, like some of you she is a mamma so cooking is in her wheel of skills.

Anyways, enough of my jabbering. Ruby's post is a menu she put together of foods which are symbolic of the Yuletide season. From what I understand she made a full course menu too, if you need any ideas on a yule dish then be sure to check out her post for some great ideas!

Yule Recipes

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:snowflake: 𝕋𝕙𝕖 𝕆𝕣𝕒𝕔𝕝𝕖 :snowflake:

This segment will be the home of our mysterious Oracle. Is there a question that you have been stewing over for a good while? Maybe you need some help interpreting a message you received from a deity or the universe. Or possibly you just need a bit of general advice,  whatever your need just pay close attention as the Oracle reveals all!

Question Posed: How can I cope with anxiety during the Holidays?

The Oracle's Answer:

        𝘔𝘢𝘯𝘺 𝘱𝘦𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘦 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘤𝘰𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘵h 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘏𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘐 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘷𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘹 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺.

1》𝘔𝘦𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘢𝘵𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘪c 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘵𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘣𝘰𝘥𝘺.

2》𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘦𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘵 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴. 𝘚𝘢𝘺𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘧𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘱𝘰𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘱𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘥𝘴.

3》𝘏𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘢𝘺 𝘯𝘰. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 a 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘢𝘭 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴. 𝘔𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘴𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘥𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘳 𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘦𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰𝘹𝘪𝘤 𝘰𝘳 𝘯𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘺𝘰𝘶, 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥. 𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘮𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥 𝘢𝘴 𝘤𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵o 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘺.

4》𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘦 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘥𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴. 𝘛𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘨𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘥𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘧-𝘤𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘴 𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘰 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘸𝘰𝘳𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘶𝘱. 𝘍𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘸𝘩𝘪𝘤𝘩 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘹 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘦𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘱𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘵𝘪𝘮𝘦.

5》𝘒𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘺𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘉𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘨𝘰 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘪𝘯 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥, 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘢 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭 or 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘲𝘶𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘢n 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱 𝘪𝘮𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱 𝘢𝘸𝘢𝘺 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦. 𝘑𝘶𝘴𝘵 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘢𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘭𝘱, 𝘴𝘰 𝘵𝘰𝘰 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘬𝘯𝘰𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘹𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘨𝘦𝘳𝘴. 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦𝘴 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘪𝘵.

6》𝘗𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘥𝘶𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘥𝘢𝘺𝘴 𝘪𝘴 𝘸𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘦 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦. 𝘉𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘦 𝘸𝘦 𝘵𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘦𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘰𝘰𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘥 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘪𝘴𝘩 𝘵𝘰 𝘢𝘷𝘰𝘪𝘥.

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:snowflake: 𝙻𝚞𝚗𝚊𝚛 𝚂𝚙𝚘𝚝𝚕𝚒𝚐𝚑𝚝 :snowflake:

Two of our Lunar Wolves have contributed some very special Yuletide content for this issue and I am very excited to tell you about it!

First is the lovely Lotus and her post about DIY-ing your very own Yule Log! She has also included step by step instructions so you can craft this beautiful decor yourself. So for those of you that are not burn a an actual fireplace, this post will help you find a creative way around that. It is most definitely one you should check out!

DIY: Yule Log

Next is NonRudimentry, who has prepared not one but two articles for us! Rudi's first article talked about a staple in Nordic culture called Mother's Night. This post explains about the Gods and Goddesses associated with the event, but don't forget to check out the d links within the post to read more info. Rudi's second post lists the deities which have mythologies connecting to the yule time of year. To be honest this post goes above and beyond as Rudi also details the lore behind Yule itself!

Mother's Night

Deities Connected to Yule

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:snowflake: 𝑴𝒖𝒔𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑪𝒐𝒓𝒏𝒆𝒓 :snowflake:

Home of our Musical Corner, I tell you Howlers finding song for every issue can be a challenge in of itself! This special issue was definitely no exception, while I tried to find some decent sounding pagan songs there were a few songs which I just couldn't resist adding. Plus I absolutely love the voice of the singer in the last song, who does that man have a set of pipes! Anyways I hope you enjoy this short little list I gathered and please be sure to add any of your favorites in the comments below!

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Santa Claus is Pagan Too by Emerald Rose

Coventry Carol by Celtic Solstice

Winterwolf by Brunuhville

Silent Night by Lindsay Sterling

Celtic Carol by Lindsay Sterling

Carol of the Bells by Pentatonix

Let it Snow by Dean Martin

Winter Wonderland by Michael Buble

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That's it for this month's issue of the Howler's Chronicle, thanks so much for reading and see you Witches in next month's newest issue!

𝔹𝕝𝕖𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕕 𝕐𝕦𝕝𝕖 𝕋𝕠 𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝔸𝕝𝕝!

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