Winterfest

Winterfest is the Free Spirit Connection winter holiday, equivalent to Christmas for Christians, Hanukah for Jews, Yule for neopagans, and Winter Solstice for neopagans and secular humanists. It is a weeklong celebration from December 23 to 29, with Local Gatherings having special Sunday Celebrations during that time.
Free Spirits employ seasonal decorations and other practices that are similar or identical to other winter holidays; their main difference is in a more conscious form of gift-giving. Each Free Spirit is encouraged to give at least seven gifts to seven different recipients or groups of recipients:
# Family
# Friends
# People in need
# Self - a way of encouraging self-care in response to the stress often brought on during the holiday season
# Total stranger - a reminder of the universal need to spread compassion and joy
# Community
# The natural world
Gifts can be as simple as a thoughtful note or homemade item, or even a service project by a group of Free Spirits. The main focus of Winterfest gifts is to deepen and expand connection with others, and to express the commitment to make the world better by putting Free Spirit core values into action.
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