Nadolig Llawen
Merry Christmas dear Fuhrmann.
Merry Christmas the magical Jake Dunce.
Merry Christmas kind Dodgeboard and James.
Merry Christmas our hero Brogan.
Merry Christmas the great Floris and Digital Doctor.
Merry Christmas clever Waindigo.
Merry Christmas to the solid sense of Anthony.
Merry Christmas to Kier, Mike, Ashley and all who make XF the mighty dragon it is!
Merry Yule to anyone who does not celebrate Christmas.
Yule is the ancient festival of Midwinter (northern hemisphere). It calls us to gather with those we love best, and eat together. To give gifts to each other, in order to strengthen our bonds of family, clan, community - as a sign that we promise to help each other survive and flourish in the coming year.
This can be celebrated by any faith, or none. It's about material survival, eating, bodies, solidity, security. So commercial and material matters have their place in it as we display our prosperity which will mean our survival.
Southern hemisphere people adjust it to the local conditions and various cultural festivals cluster around this date. Everywhere the sun is on its point of shift from weakening to strengthening. So this is an EVERYONE festival.