The Holy Vulva and Christmas: Honouring the Feminine This Festive Season
Christmas is often described as the celebration of the birth of the Son of God. But let’s pause for a moment and remember where that birth really came from. It did not happen from someone’s head or rib. It happened through a woman’s body, through a womb, through a vulva, with blood, pain, power, and miracle.
Birth is messy, embodied, and profoundly feminine. And the womb that carried this birth was said to belong to a virgin. In its original meaning, a virgin was not defined by sexual purity, but by spiritual sovereignty. A woman deeply connected to her body, her intuition, and the sacred feminine — a woman aligned with the divine.
Christmas and Ancient Celebrations
If you are interested in ancient cultures, you may already know that Christmas overlaps with older celebrations like Yule, the Winter Solstice. This is the moment when the sun returns after the longest night of the year. From here, the days grow longer, nature awakens, and life begins to stir once again.
Celebrating the return of light, the renewal of life, and the power of creation are all deeply connected to feminine energy, even if history tried to rewrite the story.
Rewriting History and Honouring the Feminine
Over time, history was reshaped to consolidate power. Stories that honoured feminine authority were stripped back, edited out, or buried. Figures like Mother Mary and Mary Magdalene, once central to the story, were sidelined. But the truth never fully disappears. It whispers through art, ritual, and sacred objects, and it can be reclaimed in our homes, hearts, and celebrations.
Honouring the Woman Who Gives Life
This Christmas, I invite you to honour the woman who gives birth. Honour the pain and the pleasure, the blood and the beauty, the raw, miraculous power it takes to bring life through the body.
Light your candles. Celebrate the returning sun. Give thanks for the original portal of life itself: the Holy Vulva.
Bringing the Holy Vulva into Your Home
If you’d like a tangible reminder of this sacred feminine energy, my handmade Holy Vulva ornaments and earrings are a playful and powerful way to honour the womb and the woman at the centre of creation this festive season.
