We’re welcoming in the month of December with our ritual report, sharing key dates to work with cacao during this rich and reflective season.
December is a threshold month. As the days grow shorter and the year prepares to close, we’re invited to gather, to feel, and to move gently with both the light and the shadows that arise. It is a month shaped by warmth, remembering, and the quiet power of presence.
Keep reading to explore December’s most meaningful ritual moments and how cacao can guide you through them.
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❄️ December Ritual Report ❄️
Dec 3 | Giving Tuesday
Dec 4 | Full Moon in Gemini
Dec 8 | Bodhi Day
Dec 14 - Dec 22 | Hanukkah
Dec 21 | Winter Solstice and Yule
Dec 25 | Christmas
Dec 26 - Jan 1 | Kwanzaa
Dec 19 | New Moon in Sagittarius
Dec 31 | New Year’s Eve
December 2 | Giving Tuesday
Giving Tuesday was created as a day of philanthropy to balance the consumerism of Black Friday. If you’re feeling inspired to give back, we love Amazon Frontlines’ work on rainforest conservation. We also have our own Farmer Climate Resiliency Fund that you can contribute to when you place your order.
Ritual Idea: Prepare a warm cup of cacao and write down the forms of generosity that feel meaningful for you this season. Whether that comes in the form of charitable donations, volunteering in your local community, or taking action on an environmental or social justice issue you care about.
Recommended Cacao: Boundless Belize - expansive, bright, and heart-opening, supporting generosity and uplifting the spirit with warmth and connection.
December 4 | Full Moon in Gemini
The final full moon of the year rises in Gemini, illuminating communication, curiosity, and the stories we carry. Gemini brings insight, honest dialogue, and a clearer understanding of what needs to be released before stepping into a new year.
Ritual Idea: With your cacao, write down the beliefs or patterns you are ready to let go of. Speak them aloud, thank them for what they taught you, and then invite in one truth or intention you want to carry forward.
Recommended Cacao: Mystical Mushroom - earthy and stabilizing, offering grounded mental clarity and nervous system steadiness for releasing old stories and seeing truth with fresh eyes.
December 8 | Bodhi Day
Bodhi Day honors the Buddha’s awakening under the Bodhi tree, a moment of deep insight and compassionate seeing. This day invites stillness, presence, and gentle awareness.
Ritual Idea: Sip your cacao slowly and observe your inner landscape without judgment. Notice where the mind softens and where clarity begins to rise.
Recommended Cacao: Tantric Rose Blossom - soft, floral, and soothing, opening the heart and quieting the mind to support gentle awareness and inner clarity.
December 14– Dec 22 | Hanukkah
This Jewish Holiday, the Festival of Lights, honors resilience, devotion, and the miracle of endurance. Each candle lit represents light that persists even when resources seem thin.
Ritual Idea: Before lighting your menorah or candle, drink cacao in stillness and reflect on the places where your inner flame stayed steady this year.
Recommended Cacao: Vibrant Vitality - warm, energizing, and bright, a beautiful ally for honoring enduring light and welcoming renewed strength
December 19 | New Moon in Sagittarius
The final new moon of the year arrives in Sagittarius, a sign of expansion, truth, and vision. This moon encourages you to dream bigger and trust the path unfolding ahead.
Ritual Idea: Sit with your cacao and write intentions for the year ahead that feel practical, sustainable, and aligned with your inner truth. This is the moment to plant seeds for long-term growth and exploration in the year ahead.
Recommended Cacao: Boundless Belize - expansive and heart-opening, perfect for visioning new possibilities and setting intentions aligned with truth and growth.
December 21 | Winter Solstice and Yule
The Winter Solstice marks the longest night and the sacred return of light. Across traditions, this day honors renewal, reflection, and the rebirth that begins in darkness.
Ritual Idea: Turn off overhead lights and sit with your cacao by candlelight. Reflect on what the darkness has taught you this year and what you are welcoming as the light returns.
Recommended Cacao: Oaxacan Spice - warming and energizing, a supportive ally for rekindling inner fire during the darkest night and honoring the return of light.
December 25 | Christmas
Whether you celebrate the religious meaning of this holiday or not, Christmas has become a time of generous gifting, gathering with loved ones to bring light and warmth into the darkest time of the year, and a collective prayer for peace.
Ritual Idea: Share cacao with loved ones before gifts or meals. Invite each person to name one thing they are grateful for this season.
Recommended Cacao: Oaxacan Spice - rich, spiced, and heart-warming, inviting connection, warmth, and celebration during moments of togetherness.
December 26–Jan 1 | Kwanzaa
Kwanzaa honors African heritage, culture, and the principles that support strong communities. Each day highlights a value such as unity, purpose, creativity, and collective responsibility.
Ritual Idea: Choose one principle each day to reflect on with your cacao. Consider how you embody it and where it can be nurtured further.
Recommended Cacao: Thriving Tanzania - earthy, grounding, and robust, supporting reflection on shared values and strengthening a sense of community and purpose.
December 31 | New Year’s Eve
New Year’s Eve is a threshold - the space between what has been and what is becoming. It invites gratitude, closure, and hope for the year ahead.
Ritual Idea: Before the celebrations begin, take a quiet moment with cacao. Write three things you are grateful for from the past year, three things you are releasing, and three things you are calling in.
Recommended Cacao: Tantric Rose Blossom - tender, clarifying, and gently uplifting, ideal for emotional reflection and soft transitions as one year closes and another begins
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December Invocation: Grief and Gratitude Together 💫
When the year edges toward its close
and the light grows thin,
we remember that the heart can hold many things at once.
Not the curated joy we see in stories and songs,
but the real kind…
the kind that sits beside grief,
quiet and steady,
asking only to be felt.
It begins in a single breath:
thank you for this cup,
for this season as it is,
for the chance to be human in all its layers.
Grief softens in the presence of gratitude,
and gratitude deepens when held beside grief.
Together they make room for honesty,
for tenderness,
for choosing authenticity and connection over perfection or performance.
May your cacao bring you back to center.
May it offer coherence when emotions swirl.
May each sip remind you that you are allowed to feel it all
and still return to warmth, to presence, to yourself.
