* Solstice Toast
** Stand around punch bowl, everyone gets a full cup
** Everyone says something they would like to leave behind in the darkness of winter, and something they'd like to move toward in the new year
** Pour the punch back into the bowl
* [[Mickki]]: Darkness ritual
** Turn out all the lights and give people some time to reflect on the darkness and on loss
** Bring the light back starting with a single candle
*** Or have each person light a candle and set it on the windowsill
** [[Shelley]]: I like this better than the toast
* Decorating the Solstice Tree
** Cards on which people would write things they have lost or gained (or that they wish to leave behind or move toward)
*** Burn the ones for loss
*** Hang the others on the tree
*** Don't pressure everyone into doing it
** Berries and poinsettia
* [[Ben]]: Participatory song, "When the Winter Comes We Gather" (?)