12.09.06
Snow Fairies
I promised I would give more info about the “Snow Fairies.” I figured it wasn’t really fair to ask a three-year old to just give up Santa, so I decided that the Snow Fairies would come to our house as part of our Solstice celebration. They come randomly starting on Dec. 1st, leaving small gifts on our candle table while we are asleep. I’ve found that this dispels a lot of the anxiety around that “one big blowout day.” They don’t come every day, but often enough to keep the magic alive. They often leave new candles or candleholders as well as toys, trinkets, or warm clothing like scarves or mittens. Here is a story I wrote about the snow fairies that I have copywritten but not found an illustrator for, yet. If you are an illustrator and are interested, please contact me.
Winter Solstice ©2006 Deb Cavanaugh
On the longest night, as winter breathes a frosty sigh and reaches icy fingers across the sky, through starlight and moon bright, the snow fairies begin to dance down their blanket of white. They dance down a blanket of company, comfort, and plenty for all. They dance for those who believe the light will come again. They dance to every child young or old, happy or sad, asleep or awake, alone or together. They bring dreams of peace and light and hands holding hands around the whole wide world. We light our twenty-one candles this night. Their heat and brightness warm our hearts. We sing songs of light and love and the beauty and harshness of winter. Our voices ring through the cold quiet night. We sleep deeply. We wake in the morning to small gifts the snow fairies have left - warm sweaters, scarves and mittens, slippers for chilled toes, a light-up top and hope for another day.