fullupwithfire | Solstice Night Blanket Fort Party

Welcome One and All!

Tonight, at least up in the northern hemisphere, is the Winter Solstice, the longest night of the year. My family tradition is for whoever can make it to spend the night awake, holding a vigil for the return of the light and the rebirth of the Sun King. Tonight I offer an open space to anybody who'd like to join me, whether for the entire night or just a little while, to come join in the cuddle pile and await the dawn.

(And if your version of joining in is setting up two feet away and offering good vibes from afar, you're just as welcome.)

So come on in! We've got every kind of blanket you can think of, fuzzy or not, oversized or tiny, weighted or as thin as you can get. We've got stories and songs, crafts and games, dancing spaces, roaring fires, and whatever else you need to get through the dark. We've got sleeping spaces and quiet spaces and loud spaces alike. We've got cider on the stove and eggnog in the fridge and coffee on the counter, snacks of every kind and room to bring your own. We've got hugs and hearts and kind words to remind you that you're here, and we're glad that you're here, and the light will come back.

I'll throw up a couple spots for sharing on a theme here and there -- songs and stories and if anything else comes to mind -- and you should feel free to float your own. Make yourselves comfortable. Have a happy Solstice, everyone. ♥

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Come and sit by the radio in the corner, plug yourself in and enjoy something holiday-appropriate. Or not-so-holiday-appropriate, but happy-making. Or share something you're spending your night with.

You can start yourself off with the most appropriate Solstice song that doesn't know it's a Solstice song.
(It's Here Comes the Sun.)

Not quite as on-the-nose as "Here Comes the Sun," but this one still feels right for the night, to me. A good song for preparing to move out of this year and into a new, bolder one - "Firebird" by Ashbury Heights.

And then because I went looking for "Cold Sunshine" and found this one, which I hadn't heard before, the entirely on-the-nose "Solstice Night" by S.J. Tucker.

I am un-headphones and will have to listen to the first one in a bit, but anything for moving into a bolder year is good to me. Your description of it actually reminds me of another fire-themed song, that hits me in places like that in very personal ways: Vixy and Tony's "Burn It Down".

I love SJ Tucker's witchy stuff! Solstice Night is so pretty, as is Cold Sunshine. :)

Oh wow, that one is *wonderful*, I just gave it a listen and I love it.

Ashbury Heights has a very different style, but whether their style is your jam or not I definitely think you'll appreciate the lyrics to Firebird.

(Also, SQUEE I almost never run into other SJ Tucker fans! She's great!)

I finally got a chance to listen and oooh. This makes me want to get up and dance, and I really like the lyrics, it's gorgeous. :D

And yeeees, more SJ Tucker fans are always good! She has such lovely music.

(If you like her stuff, you may want to look more into Vixy and Tony, actually -- this is the version of Burn It Down I actually know better, with SJ Tucker drumming, and with surprising thematic appropriateness, here them doing Firebird's Child.)

I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

And I will *absolutely* look more into them, Burn It Down was wonderful and wow, apparently I just need to look into more of Sooj's live performances - I knew of two other people she worked with (on the Tricky Pixie project, mostly), but that's all.

I get tangled up in going down Sooj's live stuff on youtube on a regular basis. I especially love live performances of Witchka -- she goes off into Are You Gonna Be My Girl and/or Personal Jesus towards the end of most of them and it gives me much glee.

Oh that is *wonderful*. xD

*joins the S.J. Tucker club*

Also, fuck I've been listening to Firebird on and off on repeat for the last few days and I am *in love*. Firebirds and phoenixes have a special place in my heart and this song hits my brain in a really, really good way. Thank you so much for sharing.

:D :D :D SJ Tucker club is a good club.

And you're welcome! I'm so glad you're enjoying it! It's very special to me.

I meant to come back and forth through the night, I had Themes and everything, and then Youtube kept crashing my computer, so now I shall condense.

The Wintery Queen (my favorite Yule song; unfortunately my favorite version does not exist on the internet)

Light is Returning - Mothertongue

Morning Glow - Pippin

The Atheist Christmas Carol - Vienna Teng

Winter's Carol - Tori Amos

On Midwinter's Day - Damh the Bard

The Fairest Maid - Mothertongue

And some silly ones/Christmas carol parodies:

Santa Clause is Pagan Too

Wiccan Wonderland

Mother Bertha's Coming to Town

I was literally scanning down this list and thinking "...I should link Santa Claus is P-- oh they already did of course haha." xD

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