Different cultures celebrate a Festival of Light to honour the Goddess as the Mother giving birth to the Sun God. The term Yule comes from a Norse word for wheel, and alot of our customs evolved from the Norse and Celtic Pagan practices. For example the custom of wassailing, the yule log and tree, etc). Great yule logs were burned to encourage the sun to shine brightly, and the people drank mead around their bonfires listening to minstrels and poets sharing ancient legends until the morning. The image on this flag shows the wise Father Solstice as he brings his precious gifts, a Scandinavian Goddess named Lucina wearing a crown of candles bringing a tray of sweets to herald the coming dawn light. The decorated evergreen tree represents the
