#except not halloween

Season Raid: Winter Nights

A heathen holiday is happening soon—not Halloween, but Winter Nights! And yes, there’s a difference. If you don’t know about it, I prepared Seasonal Raid that plunders the what, when, how, & why of the holiday (as best as sources allow). My Companions (aka subscribers) and I will be discussing and celebrating it on Discord, too.

Here’s an excerpt:

Winter Nights (vetrnætr) mark the beginning of winter in the Old Norse calendar. If you’re going by lunar phases, it takes place during the first full moon after the first new moon after the autumnal equinox. Yeah…that’s a bit hard for us to figure out on the fly, since we’re so used to the Gregorian calendar—but for 2021, that’s October 20th. Regardless of which method of reckoning you follow (lunar or Icelandic), it generally occurs during mid-October. Yet, even so, it’s not actually just a single-day celebration! Indeed, we get to party for at least three nights! But how did people celebrate? And what exactly was Winter Nights even for?

Plunder more here:https://fjorns-hall.com/calendar/winter-nights/

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