December 2nd Celebrations

The Japanese celebrate Hari No Kuyo (the Festival of Broken Needles) today. It's a day to reclaim the feminine arts and enjoy them. Follow suit by working on small arts and crafts or needlework projects. This also makes it a good day to work on holiday gifts or decorations.

This is also the day St. Nicholas sneaks into homes to determine whether the children who live there are honest. If you have children, help them to make small lists of their accomplishments over the last year---especially if you plan to celebrate St. Nick's Day.

Take some time today, too, to sign, address, and stamp your holiday cards. When the cards are ready for the mail, stack them up and enchant them by saying something like:

Good luck and wishes we bestow

Within these  cards before they go

With love and joy we set this spell

And send it though the mail to gel


Today's Yuletide Trivia:
According to historical records, the first American Christmas festivities took place in Jamestown in 1607. The celebration was a device to cheer up the forty settlers who had survived living in the New World. (The original number was 100.)