We had the Yalinka tree, which brings good fortune, and now we also have wreaths from Pan Kwiaciarz (Mr Florist) and from the students of School Complex No. 3 (Zespół Szkół nr 3), ul. Szkocka 64.
🟡In pagan times, 21 December was celebrated as the Winter Solstice Festival, Święto Godowe (the symbolic victory of light over darkness). People celebrated – just as in our “Poświętuj-my” (Let’s Celebrate) – with carols (songs that later became Christmas carols).
If you delve into the symbolism of the Advent wreath, you will learn that it is round like the eternity and infinity of God. And yet Advent comes to an end. But which god are we talking about? And where did the wreath come from in the first place – not the one from Pan Kwiaciarz, that is.
Officially, the wreath originated at a Protestant school in Germany – but hold on! Just like Christmas itself, it has pagan roots. What is now the countdown to 25 December was once the hope of the feast of the Sun God. And what did the wreath itself look like?
🟢A ring of green (joyful and fertile) branches symbolised the sun (the god).
🟠Fire symbolised light – the hope of spring and of more sunshine (the god again).
🌀Today, in the Christian tradition, the evergreen branches stand for the eternity of the Saviour, the candles for light and wisdom, and the ring for eternal life.
🟠Like the pagans before us, we keep alive our hope for the Sun🟡
