A thought - in many indigenous cultures, story is guarded and meted out slowly over the year. The winter solstice story is about darkness having increased to it's greatest extent and light returning. Sooo many of the stories in our modern media focus on this theme - light triumphing over darkness. Many of us are inundated in story and numb to media. Whether books, movies, ballads, or stories told around a fire, you can pick some stories that you only tell at certain times of year and this will imbue them with more power and help your family to recognize each part of the year. The cool thing is it can be any story really as long as it captures the meaning of this time of year for your family.
Re: celebrating the winter solstice