Yule, Winter Solstice, Saturnalia…whatever you decide to call your Mid-Winter Festival, the facts remain that these disparate Pagan celebrations welcoming the re-birth of the sun are times to celebrate and to feast. It is a time of renewal and reflection as we look forward to the warmer days ahead and of life re-newed. This was especially important to those in northern climes where Spring was a far off dream and you may as well make merry now as life was uncertain and you may not get the chance to later. The time for these festivities usually takes place between December 20th to December 27th depending when the sun reached the…