Yesterday I celebrated the Winter Solstice. I drank some Martinis which for me is a good winter drink. The juniper berries remind me of Christmas because they taste like a Christmas tree.
The 21st of December was the Winter Solstice. Most of the modern holidays are based on that holiday. Christmas and Saturnalia are among holidays that were decided by the time of the year. During the shortest day of the year, people had a tendency to find something to celebrate. For many people today, this is right before Christmas which is a religious holiday — the birth of the god-man Jesus Christ, the founder of Christianity.
-Steve Otto
Jethro Tull BBC Promo Video for Solstice bells 1976
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Frontier Co-op Whole Juniper Berries 1lb
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