Finding Christmas anew beyond all superficialities is the wish of many people. In the past, customs and traditions carried significance, but today it is about the awareness with which one sets accents and gives spiritual content to one's life. The author Cordelia Böttcher offers suggestions for embracing the moods of these days, in light and weather, in natural phenomena, in encounters and dreams as we approach the coming year. She encourages taking one's own perceptions seriously and recording them like a diary on the blank pages. During the twelve holy days and nights, the seeds for the coming year are sown. Those who open themselves to the mystery of this special time will experience these twelve holy days and nights as an island of inspiration and inner peace. This book serves as a key to that experience.