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Susie Kher

🥳 Make a joyful noise

Published 5 months ago • 2 min read

Hello and Happy New Year my friends! I hope it’s a year overflowing with blessings of peace, joy and health.

As I write this, our twinkling tree still fills the apartment with holiday vibes—a happy reminder that Christmas didn't end on December 25th. Far from a one-and-done holiday, the joyous season is in full swing! And it's shifted from the quiet, soulful preparation of Advent to a more jubilant and celebratory note. It's time to make a joyful noise.

Christmastide tends to be overshadowed by the excitement of New Year's Eve festivities. But there's still a place for the rich spiritual season that extends the joy of Christmas for 12 days through Epiphany (though the celebration *really* lasts until Candlemas on February 2).

I want to start 2025 by encountering Spirit in the unfolding days of Christmastide...in the celebration of renewal that follows the quiet, hopeful waiting of Advent. This season reminds me that God is tabernacled within our hearts. He calls us to notice.

Here's a question for you: How might you pause and linger in this liminal time as the magic of Christmas gives way to the rhythm of everyday life?

TO THE FRIEND WHO WONDERS: You’ve been trying to understand yourself, but clarity comes when you turn to the Source of all. In knowing the greater, you’ll remember who you've always been.

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The 12 days of Christmas

​Ideas for celebrating the 12 days of Christmas. December 31 is also the Feast of St. Silvester. Fragrant, anise-studded Vasilopita bread for the Feast of St. Basil. A Tori Amos inspired Christmastide playlist. A beautiful holiday meditation from Unity... and a contemplation of joy in the midst of struggle.

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SOMETHING TO LET GO OF

The need to move fast

These days between Christmas and Epiphany create a space for us to do the opposite of what the world is doing—to slow down when everything else is moving fast. Just now, pause. Savor the liminality that Christmastide provides. What if you allowed this time to be different?

Try not to rush toward the next thing. Just now, pause. Take a deep breath and linger at the altar within. Let yourself be gently held by time, rather than pushed along by it. In this lingering, a deepening connection with the divine can emerge—a peaceful connection that reminds you of what truly matters.

So today, step into the holy in-between, and savor the stillness that Christmastide offers. You don’t need to move fast. Life, grace and love will wait for you here.

INNER GOLD​
​Like the Magi, I follow the star
that calls me onward. I trust its light to
lead me toward Love that transforms,
Hope that sustains and Grace
that never leaves me.

Before you go...

🦌 Fun facts about reindeer​

⛄ The northern secret to embracing the magic of cold, dark winters

📕 Robin Wall Kimmerer's latest book is the perfect read during this season

👀 Spiritual biohack: shift your gaze to tame anxiety​

🐻 Can't we all relate to this black bear tucking itself in for a long winter's nap?

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The truth in you remains
as radiant as a star,
as pure as light,
as innocent as love itself.
(ACIM, T-31.VI.7:4)

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