Litha themed tree

I've been trying to incorporate the Summer Solstice into our celebrations without raising any alarm bells amongst our Christian friends and family. My husband and I decided to keep the 'Christmas' tree but we tried to decorate it with a Summer's theme. We focussed mainly on reds and golds. I made some clay sun ornaments last year that we hung on the tree, and a friend made me some felt ornaments.

My husband and I also each made a charm to invoke the strength of the Sun. Basically it's four matchsticks that are tied together with red thread in the form of an eight-spoked wheel.  The live matches represent the fires of the Sun and it can be lit one-by-one during this period to release energy as you need   it. *As a safety precaution I don't think we'll be lighting the charm but rather loose matchsticks.

And here is my decorative Litha wooden spoon done with acrylic paint. This year I'd like to make a decorative spoon for each of the sabbats and esbats.

And we've definitely decided to add a candle ceremony to our celebrations. It just needs some tweaking.