The celebration of the nadir. Energetically, Winter is the season of contraction.  Yet it is also the time of exploring inner space, discovering inner light. The Winter Solstice celebrates the birth of the magical child of light on the darkest night of the year.  Gifts, twinkling lights, song and storytelling – all the things that appeal to the child in us – belong to the Solstice.  Outside, there is cold and dark.  Inside, there is community and connectedness, the energy of the heart, the light that burns within all of us.