December 6
Today is the festival of Nicolas, an aspect of Odin. Leader of the hunt who rides in the heavens on a chariot drawn by reindeer. Nicholas has become the modern day Santa Claus
December 9
Yule Cleansing: The Danish fetch water for brewing the Yule-Ale. In Norway, today is when the ritual cleaning of all garments is done.
Egil Skallagrimsson: Today is a day of remembrance for Egil Skallagrimsson. Odin was his God, and the blood of berserkers and shape-shifters ran in his family.
December 11
Today is sacred in the observance of Arianrhod, the Celtic moon goddess. Arianrhod means "silver wheel", thus, the moon.
December 12
Runic Half Month of Isa ends
December 13
Wodan's Jag: In Germany, Woden's Jagd is celebrated, referring to the Wild Hunt of Odin and his Army which appeared at this time of the year. This is the old Solstice.
Runic Half Month of Jera begins: The rune of Jera is of completion and union between spiritual and temporal elements and lasts from December 13 to 27.
December 18
Festival of Epon: The Celtic goddess Epona, the patroness of heroes, is honored on this day. On this day, horse-grooms decorated her shrine, which was found in stables, and draft animals like horses, mules and oxen were given the day off.
December 20
Mothers Night: Tonight is the Norse festival of Mothers Night, "Modresnach", when dreams are prophetic. It is traditional to decorate pine trees on this night to represent the tree of life.
12 Days of Yule: Celebration of the Norse New Year; a festival of 12 nights. In later years, after the influence of Christianity, the god Baldur, then Jesus, was reborn at this festival. Jul signifies the beginning and end of all things: the darkest time (shortest hour of daylight) during the year and the brightest hope re-entering the world.
In ancient times, Germanic and Norse, children would leave their boots out by the heart on Solstice Eve, filled with hay and sugar, for Sleipnir's journey. In return Wotan would leave them a gift for their kindness. In modern times, Sleipnir was changed to a reindeer and the gray-bearded Wotan became the kindly Santa Claus.
December 21
Alban Athuan: Today is the Druidic festival of Alban Athuan, "Arthur's light", when gifts are bestowed on those less fortunate than ourselves. It is the birth of King Arthur.
Festival of Beiwe: Beiwe is the sun-goddess worshiped by the Saami, the indigenous people of Finland.
Festival of Hertha: According to Hottes, the early Germans considered the Norse goddess Hertha or Bertha, the goddess of Domesticity and the home. Bertha is also known as a White Lady who steals softly into nurseries and rocks infants to sleep, but is the terror of all naughty children.
December 22
Celtic Tree Month of Ruis ends
December 23
Today is the only day of they year not ruled by a tree under the Celtic calendar.
December 24
Celtic tree month of Beth begins, honoring the birch tree, is a time of purification and birth. This month lasts from December 24 to January 20
December 26
Today is Boxing Day, where tradition has it that in 19th century England, this was the day employers gave gifts to their servants. Tradesmen, servants and children went "boxing", going from house to house, soliciting Christmas tips from householders, which they deposited in slotted earthen- ware Christmas boxes.
December 28
Runic Half Month of Eiwaz begins. The rune Eiwaz is significant of the dead and lasts from December 13 to January 12
December 31
Twelfth Night: This culminates the traditional twelve days of Yule. take stock and lay a course for the future. Make a New Year's resolution in the old way by swearing your oath on Frey's boar or on your Hammer.
New Year's Eve: Out with the old and in with the new. Before midnight, sweep and clean your house and take out all the trash because you don't want to sweep tomorrow (you will sweep the good luck away) or take anything out of the house (you want to bring new things in to insure abundance during the coming year). Be sure you finish any work you have in hand for a task carried over will never prosper. Everything you do on New Year's Eve and New Year's Day is freighted with significance.
Sylvester's Eve: Austrians considered this a rauchnacht or smoke-night when all rooms and animals must be purified with the smoke of incense and holy water, a purification ritual. The Sylvester wears a wreath of mistletoe, perhaps an emblem of fertility which he bestow with the kisses. When midnight comes, he is driven out of t he room as a representative of the old year.
Hengest (Festival of Settlement)
This festival is celebrated in Britain, but it also commemorates the settlement of all other lands. It hails to all our European homelands .It is a link between all tribal groupings. It is a statement of our identity and calls us to be proud of our heritage.
It also calls to us to look again at our past in order to inspire us to ensure a future for our folk as our ancestors ensured a future by their blood and toil.

Yule-the Midwinter festival(Jul),The Mother Night, ,celebration of the Norse New Year ,a festival of 1 nights.
This is the most important of all Norse holidays. On the night of December 20, the god Ingvi Freyr rides over the Earth on the back of his shining boar, bringing light and love into the World. In later years, after the influence of Christianity, the god Baldur , then Jesus, was reborn at this festival. Jul signifies the beginning and the end of all things; the darkest times (shortest hour of daylight) during the year and the brightest hope re-entering the world. During this festival, the Wild Hunt is at it's greatest fervor, and the dead are said to range the Earth in its retinue.
The god Odin (Wotan) is the leader of this Wild Ride; charging across the sky on his eight-legged horse, Sleipnir. In ancient times, Germanic and Norse children would leave their boots out by the heart on Solstice Eve, filled with hay and sugar, for Sleipnir's journey. In return, Odin would leave them a gift for their kindness. In modern times, Sleipnir was changed to a reindeer and the grey-bearded Odin became the kindly Santa Claus (Father Christmas).
The Mother night is a night to honor rebirth and mothers, and to celebrate the hope and joy the new birth of a year brings. It is the first night of Yule (from the Old English hweol-wheel).
Eleven more nights of festivity follow encapsulating the twelve months of the year. Within these twelve nights, the cosmic spirit of the multiverse seems especially close as end and beginning, death and rebirth, merge. The concentrated essence of the divine and earthly elements are held within the twelve nights. There are many customs surrounding this festive period and virtually all those still common today are based on Odinic practices: the Yule candles and the Yule wheels (Yule logs), the evergreen decorations, the so called "Christmas trees" (symbol of Yggdrasil), the feasting, exchange of gifts...The Wheel has turned full circle: a new cycle begins.