Celebrating Turuhalme

Many stories, songs and tales were shared this evening in the hall of the Pillar. Lady Manadhlaer had prepared wassail for everyone to enjoy and the good mood and delightful company made for an especially enjoyable evening. Blessed be Turuhalme! And many thanks to Lord Tindir for supplying the customary yule log this year.

"...that was the day of Turuhalmë or the Logdrawing. "Twill be a fitting day,' saith Lindo, 'for the sports of the morning in the snow and the gathering of the logs from the woods and the songs and drinking of Turuhalmë will leave us of right mood to listen to old tales beside this fire.' ... and the company from Mar Vanwa Tyaliéva went into the snowy woods to bring back firewood on sleighs. Never was the Tale-fire allowed to go out or to die into grey ash, but on the eve of Turuhalmë it sank always to a smaller blaze until Turuhalmë itself, when great logs were brought into the Room of the Tale-fire and being blessed by Lindo with ancient magic roared and flared anew upon the hearth." Book of Lost Tales, p260.