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The Chicago Yuletide project is directed at curbing both counter-cultural apathy and wasteful traditions that accompany the winter holidays. Rather than making a gesture against holiday consumerism in the manner of Buy Nothing Day. This project acts as an experiment to seek out or test the possibility of a sustainable, green, non commercial winter holiday tradition. Yuletide, The Twelve Days of Yule: A Winter festival of traditions celebrating old, new, disorder and harmony for the most intense holiday in the world. Generally the festival can span between Dec 20th and January 1st, approximately from the longest night to New Year's Day, which is about 12 nights, bridging the solar new year with the Gregorian new year. Here is a potential timetable composed of a fusion of historical world traditions, but there are no rules. It is up to each community to decide the best way to celebrate each day. =Chicago 2007-2008=

Suggestions

 * (Sleep overs) Every night is spent at a different persons house.
 * Money is only spent on food, but it is better to dumpster or ask for it.
 * Everything else is dumpstered or donated
 * Any money made from donations goes towards food &/or charitable cause.
 * Equal amount to food eaten is donated to the Greater Chicago Food Depository or Food not Bombs.
 * event locations could take donations but never charge admissions. (no one turned away)

Things To Do and Ask
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What

 * Myopic saturday 11am
 * talk about it
 * check last year events
 * candle making- wick: organic string, paper Wax: crayons, bees wax?, cheese wax, used paraffin?, Tallow chunks from grease dumpsters. (make yourself or drop off materials at tallship)
 * Lantern craft night: branches, paper, found incinerable material
 * Wreaths: binding material (wire, string, ribbon etc), evergreens, pine cones
 * Yule logs: Find 11 total?, 2 large? (alert adam, t or e of whereabouts for pick up)
 * Critical mass: flyer upload, ...
 * post to ChicagoBikeWinter
 * yuleGoat- junk, sweaters, wood?, glue?, screws, Paint (ask a paint store for discarded paint)
 * mummers suits- fabric: sheets, clothes stitching: needle, thread, staples noise makers: instruments, bells, cans with junk in it etc horns?: wood, antlers, junk etc. (thunderat layer drop off point)
 * table cloth: wool cloth, blankets
 * carol booklets?

Who

 * EE? (21,...?)
 * The Skeleton (29)
 * Food Not Bombs? (22 & 29?)
 * Improv groups? (24?)
 * fruit cake?
 * Mucca pazza? (28,...?)
 * Rats, out of town clubs, etc? (21, 25, 26?)
 * West Town Bikes? (28?)
 * group making a large prior planned event? (22, 28 or 29?)

When

 * December newspaper deadline- November 11th
 * Yule mass (21)
 * Skeleton Benefit (December 29th)
 * Festivus (23?)
 * Christmas craft night (25)
 * mummers mass (28)
 * Cookie house (30) & (...?)

Where

 * Grand House? (20 or 21?) & (31?)
 * Bon fire loc? (21)
 * Humbolt park (22, 29?)
 * Tall Ship?
 * Mr. City?
 * CR house (23?)
 * Thunderat layer (25, 26)
 * Cookie house (30)
 * Boris Karloff?
 * Annoyance Theater? (24?)
 * Daley Plaza (28)
 * The Cook Shop? (jan 1?)

Why

 * Because we like you
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Day 0, Night 1
Festivities begin with the preparations, the day before Yuletide. Fasting is observed through the halcyon days, until nightfall of yule eve. There is the cutting and rolling home of the Yule log (which is delivered from house to house by mummers at night fall?), the gathering of evergreens, fir trees and mistletoe, the Baking of feasts, cakes and warming treats like gingerbread, the making of lanterns and 12 beeswax and scented candles, including colored candles for Kwanzaa; 3 red, 3 green and 1 'Unity' candle. The candles are fixed on a hat or small wreath in a crown like fashion and placed on a dinner table in front of a chair which no one but the yuletide Geist can sit in until the twelfth night. there is also the decorating of the firtrees, the making of wreathes, the hanging of boughs, holly, mistletoe, and after dark, the dressing and burning of the Yule log along with serving eggnog, juleol and other treats, the singing of Yuletide Carols like 'Deck the Halls' and a general observance of 'goodwill unto others'. The yule log is burned each following night until the last night of yule. Wassailing can begin this night. An Eid ul-Adha community khutba is delivered.
 * individual homes?
 * T or E
 * Adam

Day 1, Night 2
Dongzhi is begun by taking baths filled with lemons or yuzu and citrus is served in tea as well.
 * ChinaTown?
 * Jeff?

On Shab e Cheleh is begun at night fall by filling the home with pungent smells. At dinner, Goru is performed. Everyone sits at a low Yuleboard covered in a wool blanket. Everyones legs are warmed underneath the blanket by a small heater. The food is served in a dramatic reinaction of the birth of the universe and life on earth. Tangyuan and Dumpling Soup Watermelon is served for desert.
 * Shannon
 * Grand house?

The longest night of the year, feasting is followed by a lantern march. This involves the lighting of candles, torches or lanterns previously constructed from paper, branches, and other found or reused incinerable materials and silently going in group procession by foot, horseback or bicycle through the city or woods to a nearby beach to burn the lanterns in a celebratory bonfire on the shore or another more secretive yet public location. The Bonfire ignites at 12:09am ending the silence with loud celebration. Several ringed circle dances (Horo) could take place around the fire as part of the celebration.
 * Environmental Encroachment ?
 * bikers?
 * Thunderat
 * T or E

Day 2, Night 3
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Food Not Bombs dinner in Humboldt Park. Food is brought to the park for any one who wishes to eat it, particularly the needy. Day is Spent Gathering food.
 * Food Not Bombs?

followed by Yuletide event hosted by collaborative institution (Singing and dancing preferred)

Day 3, Night 4
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The Festivus Pole, an aluminum pole is quickly decorated before Festivus Dinner. The Airing of Grievances occurs over dinner by telling every one at the table how they have disappointed you.

Feats of Strength, begins with the wrestling of the house head to the floor.
 * CR?

Day 4, Night 5
Brumalia is spent preparing the glogg/gluwine/glintvin/mulled wine. Weihnukka or the Chrismukkah Eid feast is observed by singing tannenbaum, drinking of mulled wines "glogg", eating oily foods like pontshkes, bimuelos, or sufganiyot and Lenaia is observed by holding Lenaian, Jewish, and female comedy improv competitions possibly making predictions of the coming year. This is optionaly followed by a Santa Rampage.
 * Jewish and female improve comedy groups?
 * Annoyance Theater?
 * Adam

Day 5, Night 6
Christmas day is spent indoors waking up amongst loved ones and eating breakfast together. Acts of kindness are discovered or sometimes the exchange of gifts occurs in the spirit of the secretive gift giver, Άγιος Νικόλαος or Agios Nikolaos (St. Nicholas), who would avoid letting the effected person know who had done the act of kindness for them. Also the day is spent constructing Mumming, Wrenboy, straw and hoodening suits.
 * Thunderat

A Christmas feast is served including the serving of food made to look like a boars head while singing 'the Boar's Head Carol'. The head may be an ephigy constructed of any edible substance, as long as it is well marinated and seasoned. The 6th yule candle, which is the first Kwanzaa candle of 'Unity', is lit at the end of the carol, and a discussion on unity ensues.
 * Thunderat layer
 * yuleGoat production?(made from junk? sweaters?)

Followed by more Christmas caroling the neighborhood. this could be the first night of Julebukking. Mummers costumes are finished before sleeping.

(Houses with sewing machines)
 * Thunderat layer
 * Cookie house?
 * hodge?

Day 6, Night 7
Wren day (Lá an Dreoilín) or John Konnu is celebrated on December 26, the first joulupukking day. Holming (beating or slashing with holly branches) of late risers by mummers starts the morning. Everyone takes to the streets in suits (wrenboys, straw boys, "druids", mummers). Parading the wren from house to house. Understandably the winter Wren is a difficult bird to catch. some might use a domesticated animal or arbitrary object and continue to insist throughout the day that it is indeed a 'wren' that they have caught and are parading about. the animal or ephigee is often dressed in ribbon and holly &/or placed in a cage often hung from a pole. The occupants of the houses visited would offer food and sometimes drink or money and might even join in the general hilarity, some of the younger members going onward with the crowd. collection of money or drinks is often for a party to be thrown that night.

A candle lit for KUJICHAGULIA (CO-GEE-CHA-GOO-LEE-AH) SELF-DETERMINATION This principle talks about the commitment of every individual to build his own life from his own image. It talks about the way people need to take responsibility for their actions and accomplishments upon themselves to achieve their ambitions of freedom and thus building a more satisfying and significant life in the struggle of Black America.

8:30 wren ride is called for mumming from house to house for "Junk-anew" party.


 * bike clubs?
 * Rat Patrol?
 * Thunderat

Day 7, Night 8
Raëlian clone day, Eve day: This is a good time To observe the Singularity, pending AI surpassing of human intelligence, and cloning as issues we will have to either accept or embrace, as SL4ists and transhumanists. Day can be spent making cyborg robot alien or other transhumanist related mumming garbs from found objects.

A candle lit for UJIMA (00-GEE-MA) COLLECTIVE WORK AND RESPONSIBILITY. The following principle applies the concepts of self-criticism and personal evaluation in order to achieve common good for the family and the community. There must be collectiveness and responsibility and a complete understanding of our achievements as well as our failures in order to achieve unity and succeed. The family must persuade the idea of discussion of a family’s accountability of every action they do.

followed by Julebukking for a Cyborg, Robot, Mutant, Computer and SL4 party. this event is dedicated to the future. This can be a chocolate Robot dance party in which cyborgs and robots adorn each other in flowers and force feed each other chocolate.
 * chocolate party up for grabs

Day 8, Night 9
The Yule Goat, julbok or Joulupukki are hidden in peoples possessions or on there door knobs by children. after receiving the gifts from mummers. Any one who finds it must do the same thing to some one else until new years. A scroll of paper is kept inside, on which any finder can write a secret before passing it on.
 * Childrens programs?

A candle lit for UJAMAA (00-JAH-MAH) COOPERATIVE ECONOMICS This principle comes out of the concept of “African Communal Living” where in every community or family, sharing wealth and resources on a national and economic level must be applied.

Mummers Mass is observed by dressing in mummers costumes and attending critical mass, mummers can plant yule goats on door knobs of houses passed, followed by a Yuletide event hosted by collaborative institution (Singing and dancing proffered)


 * giving out yuleGoats?
 * Critical Mass
 * Thunderat
 * chicago Bike winter?
 * Mucca Pazza?
 * West town Bikes?
 * Rats?

Day 9, Night 10
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A candle lit for NIA (NEE-AH) PURPOSE This principle is usually on the fifth day where it tests the idea of living where reflection must be made in order to verify if this purpose will do any benefit to the family or the community.

Yuletide event hosted by collabrative institution (Singing and dancing preffered)
 * the Skeleton benifit?

Day 10, Night 11
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A candle lit for KUUMBA (KOO-M-BAH) CREATIVITY This principle promotes the idea of creativity, whereas creativity is the basis of prosperity of the family and the community. It is considered very important to be creative in every aspect of life and to create new things varying from science to education and even music.

followed by Julebukking for DADA party
 * Cookie house
 * Jill
 * hodge
 * loyde?

Day 11, Night 12
This day is spent in quiet reflection of the past year. Some wear red underwear as a love charm.
 * Adam

The last candle is lit for IMANI (E-MAH-NE) FAITH The seventh and last principle talks about faith and belief in the individual and in the community. It is through faith that a person can achieve victory and control our destiny.

followed by parading about, singing shchedrivochka , coaxing people into the streets to begin the New Years Eve celebrations. After the Caroling about every on gathers at a house befor midnight for the twelfth night festivities. Tortell is eaten. The person who finds the bean in the tortell is crowned with the wreath with the candles in it and sits in a chair on a table. Mummers could perform their last Junkanew dances and disapear befor daylight. After the singing of 'Auld Lang Syne', First-footing begins with people taking to the streets trying to be the first person to set foot through the door of their friends. This often results in traveling parties that move from house to house. First-footing is observed until all have stopped at there final destination for breakfast.
 * Grand House?
 * T or E

Day 12, Mothers' Night
New Year's Day is a day of rest and relaxation all try to stay awake throughout the day to reset their circadian clock making the coming night's sleep more savory. "chocolate con churros", Mexican hot chocolate and fried pastries (pankakes?), are served for breakfast. 'Polar bearing' is also practiced by experienced groups during the day. Some bikers take part in "Weather Be Damned Ride", biking 15 miles and then eat brunch. 'Redding' is done, when the Yule logs are turned up, fireplaces swept and remaining decorations are removed.
 * The Cook Shop?
 * Alexis?
 * Chicago cycling club?

This dinner is a meal called Hoppin John with collard or mustard greens, plus black eyed peas these are eaten for wealth and good luck in the coming year.
 * Individual homes

After sunset all go to bed early. Mothers' night or Dream night is a night to dream of the coming year. Such dreams are valuable as the last lucid experience of Yuletide.
 * Individual homes

Holidays

 * Winter Solstice
 * Yule
 * Twelfth Night
 * New Year's Eve
 * sca21:Buy Nothing Day
 * sca21:Buy nothing Christmas
 * Christmas worldwide
 * sca21:Recycle at Christmas - personal options

Mummers

 * best images come from a google image search, a lot of things seam to break down the human form to something else, colorful
 * A lone garbage mummer
 * Wren boys
 * Hoodening
 * origins?
 * there called "trolls" in some countries

Cold Medicine

 * Buttered rum-Thunderat has the recipe
 * Wassail- Wassailing- when drunken children would roam the streets demanding food and mulled beer
 * egg nog- staple of New years eve
 * mead- honey brew. who thinks they can make this?
 * glogg- sweet and spiced mulled till nice
 * Hot cocoa- +cinnamon &/or brandy
 * Yule ale- a spiced beer required by law in medieval Scandinavia
 * hot toddy
 * qǜ hán jiāo ěr tāng- Chinese emperor, Zhang Zhongjing required a specific Dumpling soup be served to the impoverished on Dong zhi
 * yuzu tea- sweat citrus tea