December 21

As the Season Turns

Folk, Seasons, Folk Singer, Ffern, Arts, Society & Culture, Music History, Folklore, Fragrance, Seasonal, Field Recording, Folk Music, Music, Wildlife, Nature, Science

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🗓️ 1 December 2021

⏱️ 23 minutes

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For December, we go carolling for the full moon and enjoy the midwinter charm of Christmas roses. We make a pilgrimage to Stone Henge for the winter solstice, follow the redwing's migration patterns, and touch upon the different types of frost. As the Season Turns is an award-winning podcast presented by Lia Leendertz and created by Ffern, makers of small-batch, seasonal perfume. To find out more visit www.ffern.co

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0:00.0	Welcome to As the Season Turns, the podcast following each month of the year. As the Hedrose
0:11.4	change, the full moons come and go, and nature takes its course in the garden. I'm Leila
0:17.5	Lander as a nature writer and author of The Almanac, a seasonal guide.
0:21.7	And this podcast is brought to you by Fern, makers of small batch organic natural perfume,
0:27.4	who blend, barrel age and bottle four fragrances a year, released at the equinoxes and solstices.
0:33.8	We hope that this brief guide to what to look for in the month ahead will awaken you to the rhythms of the year and help you, in the words of the poet Ray Carver, settle deeper into the seasons. There's no way to get around this.
1:00.8	December is all about the drive towards one huge, sparkly, food-filled thing.
1:08.6	Christmas is not just the highlight of the month, it is the high point of the year,
1:13.4	and I do think it is kind of wonderful that this drive to celebrate the very deepest point of
1:18.6	winter is still with us. Huge celebrations around midwinter almost certainly predate Christianity
1:25.0	itself, because human beings sometimes have quite good ideas,
1:29.5	actually, and filling the darkest days of the year with sparkly lights, fires and food is
1:35.8	among our best. All of the preparation and celebrating can make this quite a tough month emotionally,
1:43.5	because there is an expectation that we will celebrate in a certain way.
1:47.6	And if that can't be met, we feel like failures.
1:51.0	If this is you, I would urge you to create your own moment of stillness and celebration with a fire or candles and something warming to eat on the winter solstice, which this year falls on
2:02.2	the 21st of December. What is important is that we are reaching the Nadir of the year, and we need
2:09.6	to use whatever is at our disposal to get through it, whether that be a great family gathering
2:15.0	or sinking into the sofa with a new box set.
2:19.2	Once we're through Christmas, the new year will begin with all of its attendant feelings of
2:23.7	hope and renewal and clean slates. So crack open those Ferreiro Roche and snuggle down for the darkest days.
2:36.6	The naming of December.
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