SHE IS THE DARKNESS THAT GUIDES THE SPIRIT INTO THE LIGHT, AND DECEMBER 24TH WAS SACRED TO HER AND SONGS WERE SUNG IN CELEBRATION OF THE RENEWED LIFE OF THE SUN AFTER THE "WINTER SOLSTICE". SONGS WERE SUNG IN CELEBRATION OF THE RENEWED LIFE THAT SHE BRINGS AFTER THE WINTER SOLSTICE. WITH THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY, THIS FESTIVAL BECAME BLENDED WITH THE CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION UPON THE ADVENT OF CHRISTIANITY, AND SONGS ARE STILL TO BE HEARD AT THAT TIME CONTAINING THE NAME OF THE GODDESS:
"KOLYADA! KOLYADA! "
"KOLYADA HAS COME."
"WE WANDERED ABOUT,"
"WE SOUGHT HOLY KOLYADA IN THE COURTYARDS."
THE ABOVE WAS VERSE WAS SUNG BY THE YOUNG PEOPLE WHO, IN THE OLD DAYS, ESCORTED FROM HOMESTEAD TO HOMESTEAD A SLEIGH IN WHICH SAT A GIRL DRESSED IN WHITE--REPRESENTING THE BENEFICENT GODDESS. NOWADAYS TMOST OF THESE SONGS HAVE FALLEN INTO DISUSE IN MANY PLACES OR ARE KEPT UP ONLY BY THE CHILDREN WHO GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE CONGRATULATING THEIR INHABITANTS ON THE ARRIVAL OF "CHRISTMAS".
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