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Yule - December 21 to January 1

the twelve day celebration commemorating the winter solstice

Imbolc - the feast day of Saint Brigid marking the beginning of spring

Ostara - festival celebrating the coming of spring, light, and the renewal of the Sun

Beltane - a fire festival that celebrates of the coming of summer and the fertility of the coming year.

Litha - commencing on the eve of the Summer Solstice, celebrates the midsummer, and the power of the sun god

Lammas - a festival to mark the annual wheat harvest, and is the first harvest festival of the year

Mabon - a day to give thanks to nature or Mother Earth for a good harvest and to pray to their gods and goddesses that the crop would last throughout the winter.

Samhain - the festival marking the end of the harvest season and the beginning of winter