For thousands of years, the winter solstice – the turning point of the year, with the end of increasing darkness and the beginning of the return of light – has been celebrated with feasts, log fires, and a tree decorated with shiny things and candles. It’s all about light.
If you want a holiday tree, but want to make it very clear what your religious or philosophic position is, then why not let 300 or so books return temporarily to their roots (so to speak), and be a tree for a couple of weeks!
You make whatever statement your reading habits make.
A holiday tree, full of light.
There are several places on the web where you can find instructions for doing this in an organized way.
We started with a circle of seven outsized books, spines out, and built up from there. At about two feet we started to fill it with pillows and cushions, and at about four feet we put an oversized book across the shrinking hole to stabilize everything.
After we wrapped 80 feet of lights round it, we inserted a bunch of white lights into a convenient crystal cone to top it off.
Happy holidays!
The Gospel According to the Romans 
And a wonderful winter solstice celebration to you and yours, Robin. What a nice idea. It had not occurred to me that the ‘Christmas lights’ thing also applies to the return of the sun. But of course, it does.
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(But give me the summer solstice any time, Greta! Trust you’re in the pool and enjoying it!)
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