Sabbat Entertaining : Celebrating the Wiccan Holidays with Style [Hardcover]

Willow Polson (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 1, 2002

Share Wiccan traditions with friends and family!

- Finding and Lighting the Yule Log
- Imbolc Ice Candles
- Ostara Painted Eggs
- Dancing around the Beltane Maypole
- A Festive Light Midsummer Barbecue
- Lammas Harvest-Time Pillow Packet Sachets
- Mabon Acorn Cookies
- Skull Pinatas for Samhain
- And much more

Gorgeous Color Photos and Illustrations Throughout

Product Details

• Hardcover: 224 pages
• Publisher: Citadel (October 1, 2002)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806524227
• ISBN-13: 978-0806524221
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7.9 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.1 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,459,501 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Willow Polson's major in college was Art, and was on the Education track at SFSU to get a secondary school teaching credential when two things happened: Her dad decided to stop paying for college, and she answered an ad for a full-time graphic artist for EGW Publishing, which produces consumer magazines. The job was interesting enough, but when an assistant editor position opened up, she gave writing samples to one of the editors and was virtually hired on the spot. From there she helped develop new titles, became a department editor, and eventually became managing editor of both a newsletter and related website.

Seeing the writing on the wall about certain properties she was working on, at about this time she started writing books and doing more freelance articles. Fortunately she identified a hole in the new age market you could drive a truck through, and successfully sold five books to Citadel, a Kensington imprint.

Willow's first love, however, was always fantasy novels. When she was five, she received The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe as a Christmas present from grandpa Steve, and received comic books from grandpa Albert. Add to this the fact that her mother produced a monthly magazine out of their home, complete with printing press in the basement, and you can see where her enthusiasm for writing and publishing began.

But something was missing. Non-fiction, while a perfectly valid market, wasn't entirely satisfying to write about. It was at this point that another two things happened: She read Zen in the Art of Writing by Ray Bradbury, which gave her permission to write about what she loves, and she followed her late father's advice. "The world is your oyster," he used to say, and Willow applies that to everything in her life. She figures there's no reason, with a little determination and skill (and "luck"), that she can't achieve what she sets her mind to.

And that's exactly what she's doing now, and continuing to work towards.

Customer Reviews

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38 of 38 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars It's about time!, February 17, 2003

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School Faery "miss_smurfi" (Brea, CA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Sabbat Entertaining : Celebrating the Wiccan Holidays with Style (Hardcover)

It's so wonderful for the Earth religions to have a crafty entertainment manual of our own! There is terrific information on each of the 8 Sabbats, with recipes, crafts, games and more. The recipes are all vegetarian but could be adapted if one wanted to use meat. The crafts will make beautiful centerpieces, and the awesome cross stitch patterns for each of the Sabbats could be used separately to make something for each Sabbat or together to make a "Wheel of the Year" sampler. I am using them separately to have a towel for each Sabbat. The projects are described beautifully and with lore to make them even more meaningful. The author's tone is also as lovely as the projects inside. I recommend this book highly!

29 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Willow has done it again!, November 13, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Sabbat Entertaining : Celebrating the Wiccan Holidays with Style (Hardcover)

I just loved Willow's first book, Witch Crafts. Sabbat Entertaining exceeded my expectations! She even got a little yarn in this one!

For each Sabbat there are ideas for food, crafts, rituals and more. The color pictures of the crafts and food are beautiful and professional (I could not get enough of these lovely photos!). The recopies look tasty and will add to any Sabbat meal. In addition, the food is carefully chosen to work with the Sabbat. Each Sabbat has crafts that will add beauty and charm to your Sabbat celebration. Also, there is the most WONDERFUL cross-stitch wall hanging for the Wheel of the Year (made the price of the book worth it in my opinion).

The thing that I really love about this book is that it treats the Pagan Sabbats as seriously as any other religious holiday. Willow demonstrates how to have a reverent and lovely celebration with your family and friends. There is nothing cheesy about the ideas in the book. The information never seems corny (well, a little at Mobon!).

A wonderful, glossy, Martha Stewart good thing! Thank you Willow for making our Sabbats beautiful and gracious.

17 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Martha Stewart, only better, November 27, 2004

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gypsy "gypsy" (Portland, OR United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Sabbat Entertaining : Celebrating the Wiccan Holidays with Style (Hardcover)

To be honest, I'm one of those people who viewed the Sabbats as times for ritual and not much more. (And after twenty something years in the Craft, I should know better!) This book opened my eyes. Why not have Sabbat dinner parties in addition to rituals, parties involving people other than just my closest ritual companions? And why not have adult style parties? We pay lip service to bringing the Craft more into our daily lives; this is a big way of doing that. (I'm already making plans for my Imbolc dinner party next February!)