{"id":1128,"date":"2005-12-25T20:31:00","date_gmt":"2005-12-25T20:31:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/astrologicalmusings\/2005\/12\/merry-christmas-and-a-cool-yul.html"},"modified":"2005-12-25T20:31:00","modified_gmt":"2005-12-25T20:31:00","slug":"merry-christmas-and-a-cool-yul","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/astrologicalmusings\/2005\/12\/merry-christmas-and-a-cool-yul.html","title":{"rendered":"Merry Christmas and a Cool Yule!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4959\/1136\/1600\/Father-Christmas.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float:left;margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer;cursor:hand\" src=\"https:\/\/photos1.blogger.com\/blogger\/4959\/1136\/200\/Father-Christmas.jpg\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><br \/>The celebration of Christmas at the Winter Solstice is one of the more recent celebrations to mark the longest night of the year.  Today as we celebrate the return of the Sun and the birth of the Sun God, I thought I&#8217;d share <a href=\"http:\/\/www.astrologycom.com\/christmas.html\">this good article <\/a> about the origins of Christmas.  <\/p>\n<p>However you celebrate the season, I wish you all the love, peace and joy that life on Earth can bring.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The celebration of Christmas at the Winter Solstice is one of the more recent celebrations to mark the longest night of the year. Today as we celebrate the return of the Sun and the birth of the Sun God, I thought I&#8217;d share this good article about the origins of Christmas. 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