It'd be like, how do you celebrate Christmas? "Its about Christ!" Instead of like "oh we decorate a tree and watch movies and some people go to church that night and we make cakes and have a big family dinner and decorate with red and green and wintery stuff and also there's santa etc"

Begging for actual HOW people celebrate so I can plan something for once I always miss imbolc. All ive got so far is garden planning and the cleaning like with every holiday

I mean, I guess it depends on what direction you're approaching this from.

Like if you're catholic, it's the feast day of St. Brigid. If you're a celtic recontructionist or a celtic pagan, it's a day to celebrate Brighid. I'm not either of those things, so I don't know exactly what they do, so you might want to ask them.

But, like, the holiday likely predates Brighid. It's just that the day was important and she was/is important, so the two got connected. That's not a bad thing, it's just the way holidays and culture work.

In general, it's a celebration of the first signs of spring, likely with connections to the lambing season in Ireland. it's a bonfire holiday/fire festival, where it goes from sunset to sunset, and you'd want to start with a big bonfire outside if you can pull it off. If you can't pull that off, it's still a reason to feast and celebrate with friends.

Like there are so many splintered things with this holiday. Literally Groundhogs Day comes from the same source. Waiting to see if Punxsutawney Phil sees his shadow is as valid a way to celebrate it as anything else.

There are some traditions that focus on women for this holiday, but that's really dependent on specific groups.

I live in Wisconsin, and if we stick with the strict calendar, I always find it hard to associate early February with Spring. That's usually when our winter is at its worst. But I use it to remind myself that the days are getting longer and we'll be out of the darkness soon.

Though an early February holiday is celebrated all over the northern hemisphere, on the surface, it seems like an odd time to celebrate.

It's dark, cold, and often wet. It's not an astronomically significant day, like a solstice or an equinox, but it does mark an important tipping point. The days are getting longer in leaps and bounds, you have survived the darkest months of the solar cycle, and spring is just around the corner.

Don't underestimate the power of those darkest days. Most of the deaths among my friends and family have happened during the darkest months of the year. This year, we mourn and rage at the unnecessary deaths of peaceful protestors and those held captive.