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Exploring Mid-Winter Light Festivals
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Exploring Mid-Winter Light Festivals

Thu 3 Dec · 19:00

Legends Coffee House

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About This Event

This event explores mid-winter light festivals at Legends Coffee House in Stirling. It examines how early Scottish ancestors used celebrations to cope with the cold and darkness of winter. The session takes place on 3 December 2026.

For millennia as Scotland got dark and cold over winter and food became short, how did our earliest ancestors cope? They celebrated!

For millennia as Scotland got dark and cold over winter and food became short with no way to store Autumn's abundance, how did our earliest ancestors cope. We celebrated... Join Dr Murray Cook to explore Scotland's mid-winter light festivals and their connections to Christmas, Halloween and even Burns Night.

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Exploring Mid-Winter Light Festivals takes place on Thursday, 3 December 2026 at 19:00.

Exploring Mid-Winter Light Festivals is held at Legends Coffee House in Stirling (Hillfoots Road, Stirling, FK9 5LF).

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