There is a party in my home right now. It started last night, and I invited a few people over who I have known for a couple of years and who are all pagan of one type or another. This is the first time I have ever had a religious holiday like this, and they have never really discussed or had the chance to celebrate anything outside of their more generalized neo-pagan experiences.

This morning, however, we are doing a sunrise prayer by the river and pouring out a bottle of wine to the Gods. Because of my particular beliefs on the matter, they all agreed to make it the Greek Gods alone, but I decided to be a little flexible, and one of them is doing an invocation of Odin. I am actually kind of looking forward to it, now that I am committed to it.

At this point we have been drinking, watching movies, listening to all manner of music, and we have even been in the throws of Aphrodite's charms a couple of times, but I won't go into details there.

The Sun will be up soon, so we are going to walk down to the river, bundled up as it is rather cold, but luckily the Gods have held back the rain this morning. Once all that is done I have to come back home and get ready for work, as I volunteered to work for someone with children who really wanted to be with them for her Christmas gift openings.

One of the guys also brought with him some light tissue paper, and we have all written upon them some thanks and hopes for the future. We won't be able to start a fire by the river, the city will not allow it, but we will be lighting them and sending them off to the Gods. This section of the river doesn't have any trees by it, so there is no chance we will catch some stray dry leaves and start a fire, and the grass stays green all year long there.

Hope your day goes well, and that whatever holidays, festivals, or sacred days you are celebrating make you feel joy and happiness.