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Weekly PathWalkers.Net e-Newsletter #111 :: PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path [ Results | Polls ] Votes: 14 Comments: 0 LIBRA This week's scenario is highlighted by your patience and openness towards others. Time now to amuse yourself, as well . Even the most casual flirtation happens for a reason. You deserve an extra special treat for all the effort you've invested in your relationship. It will be simple to treat yourself and someone else, simultaneously. Plan some quiet evenings for two in the comfort of home. Your lover will be surprised by your playfulness. Social gatherings should be marked on your calendar. Invite others to enjoy good food and conversation at your place. Say yes to invitations given by others, as well. SCORPIO This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to be your sexy, sensual self. A positive attitude will really come in handy, this week. You're about to become the light in someone's eye. Do the exact opposite of your tired old routine. Change is healthy and therefore necessary for you. Your feelings are just as important as your thoughts. Spend time with people who really understand and love you. Work on receiving, rather than giving. All you really need do, is get in touch with the innermost you. Check all contracts and documents are in order before you sign them. What seems easy in theory may be a little more involved than you thought. Consult a professional if you're not sure. SAGITTARIUS This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to keep everybody happy. You may even win an award for your leadership. People who have been such a big help deserve a big reward from you, as well. Keep those connections open with gifts of food, music and your time. Invite over a few friends to celebrate your good news. Someone may turn you down, but don't despair, it may only mean that they have other things on their schedule, not on their mind. Someone from your past wants your attention, but this person may not be all that he appears to be. Be careful who you trust with important information. CAPRICORN This week's scenario is highlighted by changes in the workplace as well as at home. Your nontraditional approach to life will surface from your passions. Listen to your heart and don't be afraid to express your feelings. Your words may very well put a spell on someone you already admire. There could be some fireworks. You'll be waltzing around as though you're in a cloud. You really should take a chance on love. A romantic adventure is possible if you're willing to take a little risk. Things may not have worked out exactly as planned, but the end result will be a good surprise for everyone. Go for it! AQUARIUS This week's scenario is highlighted by being in the right place at the right time when a possibility for romance peaks around the corner. A chance for a new relationship could emerge from a very unlikely source. Be aware of your surroundings, and be open to what comes. Trust your instincts in matters of the heart. This is one time when you might have to question whether appearances are that important. Your attention to detail could unearth errors in a crucial project. You may be tempted to lay the blame where it rightly belongs, on others. For the sake of the team effort, however, hold your comments for now and concentrate on correcting the errors. Your cooperative attitude will be noticed, as will your analytical skills. PISCES This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to believe in yourself. You don't have to analyze someone's motives, just accept their good will and meet them half way. If you're feeling a bit bitter when it comes to a lover or a would-be lover, you really need to get over it. Connections become more intimate when you hold back on harsh judgments. Yes, they were moody and disagreeable but you continued to press all the wrong buttons. You know the rules of the game as well as anybody else and you agreed to them long ago. The playing field is more level than you realize. Success is inevitable if yourself keep focused on your goals. ========================================================================== GENERAL INFORMATION - Will the Real Santa Please Stand Up Written by Aedgisl It is that time of year again, when people bring themselves on the brink of poverty because the family wants expensive Christmas presents, supposedly brought to them by a fat white-bearded fellow riding a sled pulled by reindeer, called Santa Claus. But where does this myth come from? http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=450 (3 of 7) [12/25/2005 12:12:58 AM]

Weekly PathWalkers.Net e-Newsletter #111 :: PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path When one thinks of Santa Claus, the association with the old Germanic Gods is easily made, and for good reason, there is where the tradition comes from. Santa is the christianized version of Germanic Gods that play a role during Yule and many modern Christmas traditions are also connected with Yule, the Germanic/Scandinavian thirteen-day celebration of the New Year (on December 21, the winter solstice). But which God is Santa? There are several candidates. Wodan / Odin: In the German lands there is an old belief, connected with the winter season and especially with the Yule period, called the Wild Hunt. It is said that during the dark and stormy winter nights, Wodan/Odin (meaning something like 'Rage' or 'Raging Wind'), as a God of the dead, rides the sky on his eight-legged horse Sleipnir, accompanied by Holda (or, according to some sources, Perchta/Berchta or even Frigga), Goddess of the Dead (maybe the German name for Hel(a), queen of Helheim, and in later traditions the witch in the German folktale Frau Holle) and a wild pack of dogs and souls of the dead (known as Holden or Perchten, named after Holda/Perchta). During these raging hunts they would visit the homes of the people ('Wodan's Host') and all those who would be careless enough to be outside during these nights, and those who would mock this event, would be dragged along by this pack to the realm of the dead or punished in some other way. Those who were good would sometimes receive a gift. The modern tradition of hanging a sock or setting a shoe near the fireplace with a carrot and hay in it also finds its origin in this belief. In the old days this would be done as a gift to Sleipnir. In the Low Countries (Belgium, Netherlands, NW-Germany) the feast of Saint Nicolas (Sinterklaas) is still celebrated. In this tradition it is the belief that each year, Saint Nicolas comes with his ship from Spain to the Low Countries, a few weeks before his birthday on December 6th. He takes with him presents (candy originally, very expensive toys these days) for the children who have been good, and a bag of salt for those children who have been bad. On the eve of December 5th, the night before his birthday, Saint Nicolas, together with his helpers, called Black Pete's (Black for two reasons, the soot from chimney's and because the are supposed to be Moors (North-Africans), rides from rooftop to rooftop on his white horse, and at each house, the Black Petes climb down the chimney to put the present (or the bag of salt) in either a shoe or a sock that the children have set in front of the fireplace before they went to bed (they sing songs and leave a carrot and hay in the shoe or sock for Saint Nicolas' horse). The next day the children then find their presents in their shoe or sock. Saint Nicolas is depicted as a tall, not too fat old man (hundreds of years old by now) with a long white beard and a red coat. It is also said that those children who mock him or have been very bad, are taken back to Spain. This Saint Nicolas tradition has its several origins; there was a 4th century Turkish bishop called Nicolas who became saint, but the whole tradition also bears a striking resemblance with the Wild Hunt myth. But it leads of course to the question of how a Turkish saint ever made his way to the Low Countries. It is probably a legacy of the Spanish occupation of the Low Countries during the 16th and first half of the 17th century (ended due to the eighty-year war between Spain and the Netherlands). Frey(r) / Fro / Fricco: In another Yule tradition, focuses on Frey(r) (meaning 'Lord'), Fro in southern Germany, Fricco in Sweden, who is Fertility God, God of Peace and God of Light (he is Sungod and his sister Freyja is Moongoddess). He is said to ride around the world in his chariot, pulled by the golden boar Gullinbursti (Goldbristled') on the eve of Yule (Yuletide) to bring back the light, hope and love to the world and the people. Yuletide is on the winter solstice (21 December), the day with the least hours of daylight on the Northern Hemisphere, so having Frey(r) bringing back the sun on this day is a most important event. During the winter season the nights in the northern lands are very long and cold, and the dark and evil spirits very are very active in this period, so with the return of the light and warmth of the sun, these perils would also disappear again. It also meant that spring would soon come, and that food could soon be grown again. A Yule tradition is the burning of a Yule log (and other fires). This is done to capture the light during the darkest time, to keep the evil spirits out and as a prayer for the return of the sun. It is thought that burning them brings good luck and hope. These logs have to burn all night during Yule. The image of the modern Santa Claus, a big, friendly character in a sled pulled by reindeer riding through the sky on Christmas Eve and delivering presents resembles the image of Frey(r) riding around http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=450 (4 of 7) [12/25/2005 12:12:58 AM]

Weekly PathWalkers.Net e-Newsletter #111 :: PathWalkers.Net Interactive :: Helping you along your path<br />

[ Results | Polls ]<br />

Votes: 14<br />

Comments: 0<br />

LIBRA<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by your patience and openness towards others. Time now to amuse<br />

yourself, as well . Even the most casual flirtation happens for a reason. You deserve an extra special<br />

treat for all the effort you've invested in your relationship. It will be simple to treat yourself and<br />

someone else, simultaneously. Plan some quiet evenings for two in the comfort of home. Your lover<br />

will be surprised by your playfulness. Social gatherings should be marked on your calendar. Invite<br />

others to enjoy good food and conversation at your place. Say yes to invitations given by others, as<br />

well.<br />

SCORPIO<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to be your sexy, sensual self. A positive attitude will<br />

really come in handy, this week. You're about to become the light in someone's eye. Do the exact<br />

opposite of your tired old routine. Change is healthy and therefore necessary for you. Your feelings are<br />

just as important as your thoughts. Spend time with people who really understand and love you. Work<br />

on receiving, rather than giving. All you really need do, is get in touch with the innermost you. Check<br />

all contracts and documents are in order before you sign them. What seems easy in theory may be a<br />

little more involved than you thought. Consult a professional if you're not sure.<br />

SAGITTARIUS<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to keep everybody happy. You may even win an<br />

award for your leadership. People who have been such a big help deserve a big reward from you, as<br />

well. Keep those connections open with gifts of food, music and your time. Invite over a few friends to<br />

celebrate your good news. Someone may turn you down, but don't despair, it may only mean that they<br />

have other things on their schedule, not on their mind. Someone from your past wants your attention,<br />

but this person may not be all that he appears to be. Be careful who you trust with important<br />

information.<br />

CAPRICORN<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by changes in the workplace as well as at home. Your nontraditional<br />

approach to life will surface from your passions. Listen to your heart and don't be afraid to express your<br />

feelings. Your words may very well put a spell on someone you already admire. There could be some<br />

fireworks. You'll be waltzing around as though you're in a cloud. You really should take a chance on<br />

love. A romantic adventure is possible if you're willing to take a little risk. Things may not have worked<br />

out exactly as planned, but the end result will be a good surprise for everyone. Go for it!<br />

AQUARIUS<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by being in the right place at the right time when a possibility for<br />

romance peaks around the corner. A chance for a new relationship could emerge from a very unlikely<br />

source. Be aware of your surroundings, and be open to what comes. Trust your instincts in matters of<br />

the heart. This is one time when you might have to question whether appearances are that important.<br />

Your attention to detail could unearth errors in a crucial project. You may be tempted to lay the blame<br />

where it rightly belongs, on others. For the sake of the team effort, however, hold your comments for<br />

now and concentrate on correcting the errors. Your cooperative attitude will be noticed, as will your<br />

analytical skills.<br />

PISCES<br />

This week's scenario is highlighted by your ability to believe in yourself. You don't have to analyze<br />

someone's motives, just accept their good will and meet them half way. If you're feeling a bit bitter<br />

when it comes to a lover or a would-be lover, you really need to get over it. Connections become more<br />

intimate when you hold back on harsh judgments. Yes, they were moody and disagreeable but you<br />

continued to press all the wrong buttons. You know the rules of the game as well as anybody else and<br />

you agreed to them long ago. The playing field is more level than you realize. Success is inevitable if<br />

yourself keep focused on your goals.<br />

==========================================================================<br />

GENERAL INFORMATION - Will the Real Santa Please Stand Up<br />

Written by Aedgisl<br />

It is that time of year again, when people bring themselves on the brink of poverty because the family<br />

wants expensive Christmas presents, supposedly brought to them by a fat white-bearded fellow riding a<br />

sled pulled by reindeer, called Santa Claus. But where does this myth come from?<br />

http://www.pathwalkers.net/interactive/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=450 (3 of 7) [12/25/2005 12:12:58 AM]

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