12/21/2025
Before red velvet suits and chimneys, there was the North.
Before Santa, there was the Sámi noaidi—the Arctic shaman, keeper of reindeer paths, drum songs, and winter light. ❄️🦌
In the deep dark of the Winter Solstice, Sámi wisdom keepers journeyed between worlds, guided by reindeer—sacred beings who could traverse snow, sky, and spirit. The shaman’s red-and-white garments mirrored the land itself, echoing the colors of the Amanita muscaria mushroom 🍄, a powerful symbol in northern folklore, long associated with vision quests, renewal, and the return of the sun.
Stories speak of gifts carried through snowbound villages, blessings delivered through smoke holes of lavvu tents, and ecstatic drum journeys to restore harmony between people, animals, and the unseen realms.
Santa did not arrive from nowhere.
He evolved from ancestral winter wisdom, earth-honoring traditions, and the original keepers of the light.
This season, may we remember the old stories.
May we honor Indigenous Arctic cultures.
May the reindeer guide us home.
May the light return. 🌟
Art, reverence, and remembrance
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