The winter solstice is the day we have our shortest day and our longest night. Typically, it falls on Dec. 21 or Dec. 22 (only a few days before Christmas) in the Northern Hemisphere, and on June ...

Opinion editor’s note: Strib Voices publishes a mix of commentary online and in print each day. To contribute, click here. Despite this week being the darkest of the year, there’s been a focus ...

Winter solstice marks the shortest day of year and the official first day of winter. 5 of 10 Which Christmas-time phenomenon involves a popular holiday product parents place around their home to ...

In fact, Christmas itself began as a celebration of the winter solstice, commemorating the end of the darkest days of winter and welcoming the return of extended sunlight. Nordic cultures ...

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Historian Lucy Worsley traces the roots of Christmas by exploring the Anglo-Saxon tradition, wassailing where people sing to the apple trees to celebrate the winter solstice. Watch the full ...

The winter solstice - usually 21 December - is likely to fall during the Christmas holiday. It can be used at other times of the year to celebrate the beauty of the natural world and to support ...

In 2023, the winter solstice takes place on Friday 22 December ... It also marks the beginning of the Christmas season. Dongzhi is an important festival in the Chinese calendar and roughly ...

Now that the winter solstice has passed, the Colorado continues to gain precious minutes of sunlight each day until the summer solstice on Friday, June 20. The 5:30 p.m. sunset on Monday ...