The pagan calendar was filled with festivals marking the turning of the year—Imbolc, Beltane, Lughnasadh, and Samhain. These celebrations honored the cycles of nature, the fertility of the land, and the changing of the seasons. Bonfires, maypole dances, and the gathering of sacred plants like mistletoe and Anemone were common features.
Many customs, such as decorating homes with greenery at midwinter, lighting fires to welcome the sun’s return, and honoring ancestors at the end of the harvest, were deeply woven into the fabric of community life.
