Day 372: 1/7/12
New Thing: Burning the Christmas Greens- Epiphany Burn!
Inspiration: The Feast of the Epiphany, St. David's 20's & 30's Group
Cost: $0
Time: Three Hours
Bottom Line: Burn, baby, burn!
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| Hillary by firelight |
Reflection: Hi all! I will get back to the 2011 year in review tomorrow after I write about this fun night we had at church. One of the oldest Epiphany traditions is to burn all of the Christmas greenery in a large bonfire on what is known as twelfth night. It symbolizes the coming of the light of Christ into the world and being manifest in our lives and the star that led the three wise men to Jesus. So, for our first ever 20's & 30's kick off event, we had a huge Christmas tree burn on the church grounds. It was the safest version of this that I had ever attended since I am use to a high pile of trees in some one's cornfield. But we had both permit in hand and the local fire department present to make sure we didn't burn down the almost 300 year old church. The weather was absolutely perfect (it was 65 degrees today!) and the moon was almost full. We also had 30 trees, some of which were huge! It was truly awesome and mesmerizing to watch since the dried out trees would burn in a matter of minuets in a ball of fiery glory. We even had cars honking at us from the far away road. Here are some shots (with thanks to my co-leader, Matt):
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| Trees in waiting |
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| Matt taking one to the pyre |
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| My turn |
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| love it! |
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