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Faithmage:
Mab says in the short story that  “Christmas falls within the realm of Winter, does it not?”
I don’t think it does.
Who controls the table switched at the solstices. In SK it switched to winter at midsummer (summer solstice) which is what lily was trying to prevent. Winter solstice would have been a day or two before, and that means summer has Christmas. .

Arjan:

--- Quote from: Faithmage on December 29, 2018, 07:07:33 AM ---Mab says in the short story that  “Christmas falls within the realm of Winter, does it not?”
I don’t think it does.
Who controls the table switched at the solstices. In SK it switched to winter at midsummer (summer solstice) which is what lily was trying to prevent. Winter solstice would have been a day or two before, and that means summer has Christmas. .

--- End quote ---
As I see it the winter solstice is the height of winters power. After that winter becomes gradually less powerful but it takes time. The table is handled over but that is not everything.

The sledge, the fur, the North Pole and everything else make Christmas a winter festival just like the Easter bunny is about life and rebirth and so is very summer. Christmas is about survival in the cold, very winter.

Avernite:

--- Quote from: Arjan on December 29, 2018, 11:02:58 AM ---As I see it the winter solstice is the height of winters power. After that winter becomes gradually less powerful but it takes time. The table is handled over but that is not everything.

The sledge, the fur, the North Pole and everything else make Christmas a winter festival just like the Easter bunny is about life and rebirth and so is very summer. Christmas is about survival in the cold, very winter.

--- End quote ---
I would phrase it differently:
Easter is Summer saying 'look at us being more powerful than Winter, muahahaha!'
Christmas is Winter saying 'you may have the Table, but we're not going anywhere, cackle!'

Mira:

   Then there are the Danes who love to celebrate Christmas Eve, Christmas in general because in the North winters are long and dark, celebrating Christmas brings light..  Maybe that is what Mab is trying to say?

morriswalters:

--- Quote from: Faithmage on December 29, 2018, 07:07:33 AM ---Mab says in the short story that  “Christmas falls within the realm of Winter, does it not?”
I don’t think it does.
Who controls the table switched at the solstices. In SK it switched to winter at midsummer (summer solstice) which is what lily was trying to prevent. Winter solstice would have been a day or two before, and that means summer has Christmas. .

--- End quote ---
Santa is a vassal of Winter. So, yeah, Winter, Christmas, ho, ho, ho.....  The table was important to Aurora because she wanted to destroy the balance by giving the power of the Summer Mantle to Winter.  Which would have happened if she had been able to kill Lily on the table since the Summer Solstice was past.

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