It's celebrating Wintertyde to end post-holiday blues

Here's how celebrating Wintertyde helps banish post-holiday blues.... OK, the general excitement level increases each year in Autumn as we make our ways through the holidays: Halloween, then Thanksgiving, Christmas, and capping off with fireworks and champagne, New Year's Eve, and New Year's Day. January 2nd an emotional chasm opens as the full holiday season come to a skidding halt. Suddenly, there's nothing to look forward to except a seemingly-endless, 3-month long bloc of cold, gray, dreary Winter... Winteryde provides an alternative to the psychic abyss. Wintertyde has its own protocol of ways to celebrate old and new holidays, one small segment of time. Thus, a Wintertyder makes it through the Winter without noticing how long it is. For example, we are looking forward to putting up our Wintertyde tree and lights on January 6th, the evening of Epiphany. The next day is Wintertyde Day, so we'll put up our exterior and interior Wintertyde wreaths and then have a Wintertyde feast of hoppin' John, cornbread, and other treats. Next, we'll use the first 2 weeks of January to take care of business and mundane tasks...all the while preparing for February 1st and 2nd: Saint Brigit's Day, Groundhog Day, Candlemas, and even Superbowl Sunday... Look at the calendar, and January 2015 is already gone, and no one noticed. "We can do this." Become a Wintertyder now. Just follow the steps outlined in the Wintertyde blog!