Winter Solstice

 

Do you have any customs in your culture on the longest night of the winter solstice? The winter solstice is called “Toji” in Japanese. In Japan the custom is to eat kabocha ( pumpkin) and to take a hot citron bath, called "YUZU-YU" . Yuzu is a small citrus fruit. Both are rich in vitamins and help us to not catch a cold. The yuzu trees in my Grandpa’s garden in Japan should be bearing a lot of fruit now. I would like to bathe in yuzu tub and breathe in hot steam with the scent of citrus!