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night of the year,” said White Sparks. “So the Winter Solstice is the rebirth of the light, the coming back of the sun as the days begin to lengthen.”
Not a silent night
The approaches to the holidays are as diverse as the humans responsible for inventing them. Whether it’s a Hindu enjoying the festival of lights in October, a Jewish family celebrating Hanukkah by lighting a menorah, or a Christian setting up a nativity scene in December, one salient fact keeps emerging. Humans will have their holidays.
Historically, in the many European variants of the Christmas tradition, parties and merrymaking are common threads. Dances and family visits are # universal themes. The exchange of gifts rarely shows up, indicating less comfortable times.
It is a fitting tribute to the power of the holidays, regardless of the manner in which they are celebrated, to conclude by checking in on a traditional Christmas festival known as Bozic.
While a communal pig roasts in the center of the village on a spit, people stroll through the streets and greet one another with a traditional phrase: “God’s peace.” Then they kiss one another three times, forgiving all differences and quarrels of the previous year.
Bozic is the Dec. 25 festival of Yugoslavia, a Slavic tradition upheld by generations of Serbians and Croatians.
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