In contrast to a growing consumerist trivialization of the Christmas holidays, many individuals are looking for other ritual expressions that have nothing to do with religion. During the day of the winter solstice some of that people met to commemorate the Sol Invictus, away from shopping centers, near to a stream and immersed in a propitiatory nature aimed to the perception of sacredness. That night the celebration of the ancient ritual began with the lighting of the fire; the scent of the holy pole was hanging in the air. Nature seemed suspended. You could only hear the crackle of the flames and the sound of the flute performed by someone. When the night comes by turning off all natural lights, people took each other's hands in a solstice circle. Many prayers, in silent communion, rose to the sky in an intent of healing, of liberation, going through conflicts, attempting to reconnect with the meaning of life. The perception of darkness and light, of the visible and invisible, of fullness and emptiness meant that, at that moment, they were all connected, known and unknown, in a feast of transformation and rebirth. The longest night of the time was over.