New Year Festival / Mid-Winter Festival
The mid-winter festival happens about five days after the new moon after the winter solstice.

The first thing is the ceremony that honours Heavenly Father and the rededication of ourselves to Him.

Then it is time for:
Games,
Theatre,
Art,
Poetry,
Culinary Delights,
Singing,
Dancing,
Scriptures,
lots, and lots of fun!

A lot of planning, and a lot of preparation goes into the Winter Festival.

Feast Of Raspberry
Raspberry leaf is a great tonic. After a long winter, the body can be depleted of many things, and in need of being cleansed. Raspberry does all this and so much more!

Raspberry leaf is rich in vitamins and minerals, can stave off scurvy, etc. Good for digestion, and cleansing. Most famously, red raspberry leaf is a great uterine tonic, good for getting the reproduction system in great health, including relief of nausea, easier delivery, faster recovery, and increase in milk production.

Raspberry leaf is also great for men, to balance the hormone system as well. It is used to detoxify the body, especially from artificial estrogens, supporting male reproduction and fertility.

Is it any wonder why this Feast was introduced to the people?