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The 6th Day of Christmas

Greetings on 6th Night — Dawn — Day of Christmas.

In Celtic lore, this day was about the mystery and energy of the wild boar.

All symbols are ambi-valent, meaning they are made up of seeming opposites. So too the Boar for the Celts. It is an animal admired for its protective ferocity along with the sow’s generosity to her young. Ferocity and generosity were the qualities of “birth” honored on this day by the Celts in their Winter Solstice Festival.

Today, listen to the Boar’s Head Carol — here are three variations. (Recall the belief that in eating an animal, you ingest that animal’s qualities.)

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