“The holiday season, while filled with light, can create palpable darkness.”
Below is the playlist for last year’s Blue Christmas. It includes Holiday Music, Thoughts for Contemplation, the Service and Ritual.
Information about Blue Christmas Events:
- Over the years, Twinkle has hosted many public and private Blue Christmas offerings.
Be sure to visit our events page for full listings. And, should you wish to have Twinkle host a gathering especially for your congregation or group, email her at: TwinkleManning@gmail.com
Twinkle’s Blue Christmas book is available: http://matrikapress.com/blue-christmas/ as well as on Amazon and everywhere books are sold!
SAMPLE BLUE CHRISTMAS SERVICE:
Below are key elements to the NAUA Worship Service to be held on Saturday, December 16th, 2023. This service offers a space to hold your grief sacred and to honor any loss or pain you are feeling. Join us for heartfelt music, sacred solace and reflection. This service includes Christmas, Solstice and Hanukah Music. NOTE: Twinkle’s longtime friend and soul sister, Margaret Stewart, matriarch of the Concord Women’s Goddess Circle, will join Twinkle and offer the reading for this service!! The service begins at 1:00 PM EST (10:00 AM PST) on zoom. Join us live online https://tinyurl.com/NAUAService more details: (https://naunitarians.org/civicrm/event/info/?reset=1&id=22) (We will post video of full service when it is ready) BELOW is the Order of Worship.
For additional solace this season, view the Winter Solstice service Twinkle and her dear friend Margaret Stewart led in 2024: