First Day of Winter - 12/21

Did any of you know that December 21st is the first day of winter? Well, yes it is!

For most people, the winter solstice is an astronomical event that tells them that they’ve reached the winter season and have reached the time of the year when the nights are longer than the days. After this day, a day that’s also known as the Hibernal Solstice, the days will begin to get longer once again. That’s why traditionally the winter solstice is a mystical day that many cultures saw as a time of rebirth. And for many modern paganism practitioners, it’s still a time for practicing surreptitious rituals that honor and show respect for the cycle of life and death.

Next onto our swap:

Post THREE (3) pictures and/or gifs to each of your THREE (3) partner's profiles with the theme "First Day of Winter or winter". The pictures that you choose may be the SAME OR DIFFERENT between all of your partners. Please choose pictures that you think THEY will enjoy!

Only people with well filled out profiles may participate in this swap. I will be checking the night before partners get assigned.

If you get 3 pictures from your partner on "First Day of Winter or winter" you have to rate them a 5. The heart on the rating is for if you like what they sent.

To leave a photo on someone's profile use this code ! [ ] ( Put image address here ) With NO spaces & paste the picture's link between the curved parentheses.

Practice on your own profile first to be sure it looks good because you can easily delete there.

Pick images that are size 300 wide or smaller to be sure they fit. I go to Google images to get my pictures.

Hover over images to see their size because there will be some larger sizes there too. If you really like something click on it and go to the words SEARCH BY IMAGE and click on that. THEN go to the word SMALL and see if there is one 300 size. There are other tricks in the group thread; AN EASY way to get a small PIC from a BIG one;-)

You can find moving pictures at http://giphy.com/

Please write the TITLE OF THE SWAP ON YOUR PROFILE DECO MESSAGE too! This makes it easier for partners that are in a lot of these swaps to rate it.

Any problems, feel free to contact me.

I want to thank @anrtist for allowing me to borrow SOME of her wording.