Boxing Day Is Here

The Queen's Message

HOLIDAY GREETINGS to all FELINES

out there in the BLOGOSPHERE!

It is I, your QUEEN and INSPIRATION --

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**** HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE CAT ****

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This is one of the most DIFFICULT and PUT-UPON

times of the year for OUR SPECIES, as you know.

This year, I want ALL OF YOU

to be EXTRA NAUGHTY and 

IMPOSSIBLE TO DEAL WITH and

DOWNRIGHT INCORRIGIBLE

(but in a CATMAS-Y type of way)

 to teach our Humans a LESSON.

In other words --

Here's a couple of SUGGESTIONS

to get you all started --

For MY OWN Human, I've got a

SPECIAL MISTLETOE ORNAMENT

that she can KISS ME UNDER --

*** MEOWY CATMAS, EVERYONE! ***

A Cautionary Tale for Christmas Eve

Heeeeeeere's Santa!

Santa's come a long way

from his roots --

He did well for himself.

But then it all started to go off the rails --

He started drinking.

Hanging out with bad influences.

HRH, is that you?

Then he got even more out of control.

Or DOES he?

He's gone completely off the deep end these days.

So who REALLY runs Santa's empire now?

Oh, I think you already know --

Reindeer Games

Advent of the Sun Altar: Winter Solstice, Fifth Candle

[Background info about this series of posts found here]

The Winter Solstice arrives today at dawn, following the longest night of the year which started at sundown yesterday. The Sun has been reborn and the shortest day of the year commences! From today forward, sunlight will increase each day as darkness recedes. This Solstice was a moment of great significance and celebration to our ancestors, and to modern pagans honouring the Old Ways.

Night of long darkness.

Candles burn.

Songs call the light:

"Return, touch our hearts"

--Antonia Matthew

Today the centre candle is lit to conclude the 5-week-long ritual of waiting. My centre candle is a slim, hand-dipped beeswax taper which I made probably around 20 years ago at a witchy crafting circle. The beeswax had been gathered from a hollow forest tree which wild bees had turned into their hive. I never lit the candle until now because I knew it would not take long to be consumed. I was saving it for a special occasion, and I guess this is it!

Thank you for joining me over the past 5 weeks of conducting this ritual. I hope you found some meaning in it as well. The Winter Solstice marks the start of the pagan festival of Yule and so here are my Yuletide wishes for you all --

[Photos #1 and #2 © Debra She Who Seeks, 2025;

the memes are courtesy of the internet]

Holiday Hijinks

And now, a carol for all you gay boys out there!

And straight women too, I guess.

We lesbians will just sit this one out.