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Comment by Ian Mason on November 24, 2012 at 1:05am

Very, very well put, Joan. Can I put in a word for celebrating a "Harvest Home", placed wherever it fits in the local culture?

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 24, 2012 at 12:50am

Winter Solstice	December 20-21	Shortest Day
1sr Cross Quarter	February 4	Mid Winter Day
Spring Equinox	March 20	Equal Spring Day
2nd Cross Quarter	May 4	Mid Spring Day
Summer Solstice	June 20-21	Longest Day
3rd Cross Quarter	August 6	Mid Summer Day
Autumn Equinox	September	Equal Autumn Day
4th Cross Quarter	November 6	Mid Autumn Day

Let the celebrating begin with Secular Celebrations!

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 23, 2012 at 11:41pm

Looking to positive, healthy, enriching, flourishing concepts that we can move toward: 

Celebrate the original "reason for the season", the winter solstice, the shortest day of the year in the northern hemisphere with it's cycle of short days and long nights. 

Trees provide joy in our homes with their fragrant reminder of life all around us: birthing, living, and dying as part of the process of living.

Festive lights and candles sparkle away gloom and darkness of mid-winter, revealing the contemplative consciousness of eternal needs and quiet desires. 

Meals prepared by loving hands and community reminds us of the importance of family and being part of something incredibly huge and life sustaining.  Food on our tables also reminds us of the horrible reality of world hunger that can be solved with community effort and spirt. All hunger is political and can be cured. 

Music enriches our lives, touching a place inside us that can be touched by nothing else. It is that personal, quiet, eternal longing for harmony with others. 

The Wheel of the Year puts seasons into perspective of times for planting, tending, harvesting, resting, and perceiving beyond ourselves toward the Earth and the Universe in which it resides. All our good celebrations reflect those elements that come to us without our effort and even without our knowledge sometimes. 

May justice and peace come to all because of our understanding that we all exist on this planet as participants in life. 

Comment by Joan Denoo on November 23, 2012 at 10:33pm

I could not get my Thanksgiving message through either. So, a belated greeting to all my Atheist Nexus friends, with special thanks for all your ideas, comments, reflections, and looking to positive, healthy, enriching, flourishing concepts that we can move toward and hopefully inspire others to learn. 

Comment by Napoleon Bonaparte on November 23, 2012 at 8:18pm

Comment by booklover on November 23, 2012 at 7:51pm

Thanks Steph!  You're the sweetest!

Comment by Steph S. on November 23, 2012 at 7:36pm

Comment by Steph S. on November 23, 2012 at 7:35pm

I can help you with your iPhone Melinda - I have one too.

Comment by booklover on November 23, 2012 at 6:25pm

Ian, itchy caterpillar, lol.  My husband has a mustache all winter, and shaves it off for spring and summer.

Glad you are here today Ruth and Patricia. :)

I actually got a smartphone!  Our whole family switched from USCellular to Verizon, and the kids' phones are their 'xmas' presents, since they chose expensive phones, but hubby and I each got an iPhone4 for 'free' included in the package.  Now.  To learn to use it!!!~Melinda

Comment by The Flying Atheist on November 23, 2012 at 2:12pm

I'm a little late.......but Happy Thanksgiving everybody!  Hope you had a great day.  I spent the day working, but was then able to enjoy the evening with my parents, sister and brother-in-law for one of Mom's exquisite traditional Thanksgiving meals with 'all the trimmings.'  I'm thankful for family, friends and for this online community.  You folks really are the best, and I appreciate everyone's unique contributions.  Today I will be feasting on some great leftovers.  It really doesn't get any better than that!    

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